Technically it’s a Mk1. This past summer we headed to a small car show dubbed Mk1 Madness in Eastern Pennsylvania. This was essentially a show for VW enthusiasts and those of the very specific focus of the first-generation water-cooled cars like the Giugiaro-penned Golf I. We went to cover the show for our sister publication VWvortex though we were very pleasantly surprised to find an Audi on the field.
Mk1 Madness remains one of the more unique enthusiast shows on the summer calendar. The event is casual, so casual in fact that it might make September’s H20i look uptight and overly planned. There are cars on a grassy field, there are classes and there are trophies – empty bottles of various sorts with trophy-like caps.
As stated, this isn’t one of those shows where both VW and Audi owners take part. There simply weren’t any Audis built on the early A1 platform. Technically though, a B1 Audi would qualify as a “Mk1” as it is the first of its series. At least that’s the theory behind its presence.
We initially encountered the car two years ago at this very same event. Back then it was all black, with the 1.8T swap and with vintage modular BBS wheels. This year the car was back but with some notable changes.
First off, the interior has been tastefully re-tailored in red leather and diamond-stitched black door panels. Chatting up owner Blair Peterman after the trophy ceremony, we learned that this had all come together within the last week. The car had even hit a shoot in West Viginia for the UK-based Performance VW magazine before heading up to Pennsylvania for a weekend of madness.
Other changes to the car make it fit in well with the early German car tuning scene. It’s low but not stanced. A big black intercooler mated to the aforementioned 1.8T sits subtly within a cut chin spoiler. 4-spoke wheels are painted white to match other accent elements like the now white-painted roof.
So technically the car is a bit of an outlier in an event such as this one. It’s not on the early transverse platform shared with everything else on the field. Still, in a tuning scene that is wholeheartedly embracing rare and unique cars, it seemed welcome just the same.
As mentioned by Peterman, the car had done a full photo shoot for PVW. Even better, we’ve just learned that the car is featured in this month’s issue. You can find it on your iPad and also in newsstands now.
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