Virginio M.

Hi Justin,
Here is the Jetta story!

After many years of researching and experiencing various renewable and
sustainable energy projects and classes, there were two events that
inspired me to do a veggie conversion. The first one was about six years ago. I saw Joshua's veggie van at the solar fest that was held in Hopland, CA. However, when I saw Justin's VW used vegetable oil car conversion 3 1/2 years ago at the Tour De Sol that was held in Boston, MA, I knew that was the way I wanted to do my conversion.
My friend Junior is the owner of Brandy Brow Used Auto Parts located in Plaistow, NH. I called him and explained my inspiration and the project that I wanted to do. He told me he occasionally gets diesel cars that still run. He said that when a diesel came in, he'd call me to let me know. A few weeks later, Junior called to tell me that a 1986 VW Jetta came in and that it was destined for the crusher, unless I wanted it. I went up to check it out. The car started right up but it had a broken drive axel and many
other problems but I had nothing to lose so we had it towed to my house!

I spent a lot of my free time working on the car. It needed so much work just to get it running well enough so that I could install the Greasecar Kit. By the beginning of 2004, the car was ready for the installation. Once the installation was complete, I started to add a few finishing touches to the body to make the car's appearance a little bit nicer. I found some really neat chrome hub caps that changed the entire appearance of the Jetta. I also added a functional cowl induction hood scoop and a K & N air
filter that fits the 1.6 diesel engine. The car now breathes and performs better!

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