I should honestly know more about this car than I do. Unfortunately however, both times I've spoken with the owners it has been at a show (Dubs at the Beach and H2O International, respectively) and as per usual I'm a bit busy to take down the specifics.
This car is in fact the very first to sport a Save the 8v™ sticker (aside from my own of course) and it was after the owners came back for a second sticker to replace the first that I was finally able to snap some pictures.
Which, by the way seems to be the case with people. Of the many sent, given away, etc, very few images make their way back here once they're on the car. It's cool though...
Not that I'm bitter, heck I'm glad anyone at all thinks it's a cool idea and it's worth putting on their car in the first place. This one in particular is (obviously) one of only 200 Harlequin models sold in the USA, sporting it's Chagall Blue main body color with Tornado Red, Pistachio Green and Ginster Yellow secondary panels.
Like many of the Harlequin Golfs, this one is a slush-box, but it's not likely to stay that way for too long. Plans were originally to be for all motor mods, but at H2O there was discussion of a turbo charger and built bottom end. No matter, as long as it stays 8v! This car was actually rescued from a fate at the junkyard by the current owners (who's names I cannot recall, unfortunately) for something like $1200? Basically it was hit at the rear and was sitting for a number of years before it was discovered, recovered, and put back on the street. The hatch damage, scuffs on the bumper and misaligned rear body seam give away the history, but all things considered it's really not in bad shape.
It's a great example of what a few bucks and a little hard work can do to a car that was ready for the dumpster. For more information on the Harlequins in the States, base color options and even some single color (!?) Harlequins, check out the Harlequin Registry over at Ross VW.
_WRS
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