Remember that post a few weeks ago about the Hyundai Scoupe Turbo? It's finally home. Photo dump.

"I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker" (qaaaaa)
09/22/2019 at 19:10 • Filed to: None

I went out to the guy’s shop this afternoon with the friend I bought it with and another friend with a truck and trailer. Gave it a push and for the first time since 2012 (per the tags on the plate), the Scoupe rolled.

Loaded and strapped down!

Thanks in no small part to my idiocy in forgetting the keys, we had to use a floor jack borrowed from a bystander and brute strength to lift the rear to get it facing the right way. Yeah, it’s that light. Somewhere under 2200 pounds. Enjoy the photos.

A little rough

Three tires hold air. Four are dry rotted.

Sunroof is fully removable. There’s a bag in the trunk for it!

Ahh... The 1.5L 12 valve Alpha Turbo.

Hood damage, to be corrected by hammer.

SPOILER ALERT!

Seats are incredibly comfy.

The barely used rear seats? Not so much.

Only 128k miles.

SO 90s

Teeny tiny pedal box

!!!CAPTION ERROR: MAY BE MULTI-LINE OR CONTAIN LINK!!! Kinja'd!!!

A tiny snail! First production car with a T15 turbo. No intercooler. Yet.

ewwwwww

Nice hot air intake

!!!CAPTION ERROR: MAY BE MULTI-LINE OR CONTAIN LINK!!!

Coolest feature I’ve found yet? The driver’s seat has an adjustable thigh support, like a BMW, except it moves up and down, not forward and back.

DISCUSSION (27)

speedyboi > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
09/22/2019 at 19:17

Interior buttons from a forklift, nice.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
09/22/2019 at 19:21

Those are nice seats.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/22/2019 at 19:25

SUPER rare, too, apparently.

Dumpster Driver > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
09/22/2019 at 19:25

Co-owner here.

She’s minty in a weird loved but beat up way. One prior owner and ready to make turbo noises. Blow off valves are overrated.

It even has a little boost indicator in the instrument cluster!

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > speedyboi
09/22/2019 at 19:25

Cheapest turbo car you could buy new in its day, so yeah

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
09/22/2019 at 19:27

I hope you don’t need a lot of interior bits or anything. I can honestly say I don’t think I’ve ever seen one of these in person.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Dumpster Driver
09/22/2019 at 19:28

Finally made a kinja, I see? After you have a decent comment history, you can request authorship in the banner at the top of the home page and start shitp osting . I’m not a mod so I can’t grant it.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
09/22/2019 at 19:30

A few switches and buttons are broken, int erior door handles are cracked but work. A fair number of things are parts bin, but yeah, not common in any way. The front and rear bumpers are cracked a bunch, they'll likely get patched with closed cell foam, bondo'd and primered.

AestheticsInMotion > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
09/22/2019 at 19:32

Too cool. I don't think I've ever seen one of these

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
09/22/2019 at 19:39

Those seats are freaking rad

pip bip - choose Corrour > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
09/22/2019 at 20:14

clean it up and take it to Radwood

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > pip bip - choose Corrour
09/22/2019 at 20:20

Yes

A few friends want to wrap something. Another friend has enough wrap to do it twice. So...

David Baker > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
09/22/2019 at 20:58

20 years ago I had a good friend that had one of these (auto, non turbo) . He got a check for a dent in the rear quarter for more than he paid for it. He wanted to see what happened if he shifted to reverse at highway speed. It locked up and blew up the transmission.