XRBrati Underway....
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Re: XRBrati Underway....
To convert an XR? Ya!
Ron
1989 Merkur XR4Ti - Magenta [My XR]
1988 Merkur XR4Ti - Bunny [Wife's XR]
1988 Merkur XR4Ti - Raven [Daughter's XR]
1985 Merkur XR4Ti - Wombat [Youngest Son's XR]
1997 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 5.9L - Betsy
2002 Buick Century Custom - Daily Driver
1968 Dodge Charger 383
1989 Merkur XR4Ti - Magenta [My XR]
1988 Merkur XR4Ti - Bunny [Wife's XR]
1988 Merkur XR4Ti - Raven [Daughter's XR]
1985 Merkur XR4Ti - Wombat [Youngest Son's XR]
1997 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 5.9L - Betsy
2002 Buick Century Custom - Daily Driver
1968 Dodge Charger 383
Re: XRBrati Underway....
VW sold about a billion Jettas. We have 42,000 XRs. If you looked over the pond, it might make sense.
But it would be cool, and a decent way to keep some XRs on the road.
But it would be cool, and a decent way to keep some XRs on the road.
David Reese
88 XR4Ti - mono white T5, someday to be bi wing
89 Scorpio - waiting on some parts before it hits the road again
88 XR4Ti - mono red C3, parts car
used to own 86 dark blue traded in on a min van, what was I thinking?
88 XR4Ti - mono white T5, someday to be bi wing
89 Scorpio - waiting on some parts before it hits the road again
88 XR4Ti - mono red C3, parts car
used to own 86 dark blue traded in on a min van, what was I thinking?
Re: XRBrati Underway....
Ya basically all you would need is the XR drivetrain & the front half.
Ron
1989 Merkur XR4Ti - Magenta [My XR]
1988 Merkur XR4Ti - Bunny [Wife's XR]
1988 Merkur XR4Ti - Raven [Daughter's XR]
1985 Merkur XR4Ti - Wombat [Youngest Son's XR]
1997 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 5.9L - Betsy
2002 Buick Century Custom - Daily Driver
1968 Dodge Charger 383
1989 Merkur XR4Ti - Magenta [My XR]
1988 Merkur XR4Ti - Bunny [Wife's XR]
1988 Merkur XR4Ti - Raven [Daughter's XR]
1985 Merkur XR4Ti - Wombat [Youngest Son's XR]
1997 Dodge Ram 1500 4x4 5.9L - Betsy
2002 Buick Century Custom - Daily Driver
1968 Dodge Charger 383
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Re: XRBrati Underway....
Damn, that thing is ugly.
Hard to describe, but that's as close as I can get.
That whole german car thing with the over cambered stretched out tire on ridiculously large rims look always annoyed me, worse than the whole (thankfully defunct) Honduh craze.
I can only imagine what a chore it would be to drive one.
The XRBrati is one for the win column, Brad.
I already said you should go into production Brad.
You couldn't possibly lose more than FLM did on the Merkur, and these days, I'm sure you would qualify for a bailout.
Hard to describe, but that's as close as I can get.
That whole german car thing with the over cambered stretched out tire on ridiculously large rims look always annoyed me, worse than the whole (thankfully defunct) Honduh craze.
I can only imagine what a chore it would be to drive one.
The XRBrati is one for the win column, Brad.
I already said you should go into production Brad.
You couldn't possibly lose more than FLM did on the Merkur, and these days, I'm sure you would qualify for a bailout.
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Re: XRBrati Underway....
Would the assembly instructions be less than 49 pages?
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Re: XRBrati Underway....
I guess I haven't posted in this thread for quite awhile. Finally got the HDPE bed surround finished. Not my best work, but it's way better than the upward-facing pinch weld that's been exposed for the past several years...
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Descartes: "Cogito Ergo Sum"
Lijewski: "Sum Ergo Drive-O. Mucho!
Lijewski: "Sum Ergo Drive-O. Mucho!
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Re: XRBrati Underway....
Nothing terribly new or interesting in the MT article, but amongst the comments I found something I had not heard before - that Alex Tremulis designed both the Tucker and the Brat!
https://www.hagerty.com/media/people/al ... s-iceberg/
Brad