Restoring An 1988 Yugo GV. The complete Saga. 

Born in Yugoslavia in the 70s Id see these all over back home in the 80s. It so fun and amazing that guy in the US today can enjoy what is basically a reworked FIAT-construction from the 60s! Thanks for a great vid!

Erik/Jenn, thank you for the trip down memory lane. As previoisly discussed, I inherited a running Yugo from my Uncle when he passed. I drove it into Boston, about 30 miles, 5 days a week for almost 2 years. I was lucky, I found an honest mechanic who took good care of it for me. Tbe sound of the engine brought me right back. It was a great car and I loved dtiving it.

I remember back in 1988...I was 17, had a '74 Beetle with a 1776 and a Weber 2 barrel....being from out off of Ten-Ten, there wasn't a lot to do, so we'd drive out to Crabtree Valley Mall.....a lot. We'd gone out there again, and smack dab in the middle of the mall, they were showcasing 2 of those cars. A red one and I think the other was a cream color. I hate to admit it but I fell in love with the red one. I thought it was a cool car! And only $3490....which I did NOT have. Coolest part to me? The placement of the spare tire. Right in front of the steering wheel....lol And it being a straight drive too? I thought it was a neat car. But.....not neat enough to part with my VW...lol GREAT find, and GREAT video, Eric! Hope y'all have a great Christmas. We're wavin' from the 'Quay

Cosmetically speaking she looks to be in fantastic shape. As far as the mechanics go well you're a mechanic. So you're going to save a bundle of money on repairs. It's worth it and if it's the first car you were really interested in hey man you got to fulfill your dreams. Nothing wrong with that dude. Just get ready to be the brunt of some jokes. Lol. Hope you and yours have a very merry Christmas eric. Be safe.

I'm buying an 88 Yugo GVX Sunday that includes a parts car, really looking forward to it. It's still running with approximately 60,000 miles.

Wow that looks to be in good shape for the age. I looked at one that was traded in, I think it was only 1 maybe 2 years old. I was looking it over and it needed a bunch of little things. Things that normally don't go bad for many many years were broken. Like the vent window latches, they didn't hold the vent windows closed. I could stick my fingers through the gap and open the vent windows and then unlock the doors. As a kid, I thought I can fix all the little stuff. I really needed a truck and ended up getting a used truck instead. Later I saw one sitting for sale and was looking into buying it and I was told that I could buy it, but once it transfered I wouldn't be able to register it and run it on the road again. I got busy with work and never got to find out if that was true or what I would need to do to make it road worthy again. Maybe that was a PA thing? Good luck with fixing it up.

Very cool!

Very cool project. It is making me want to snag a project car. Cheers from Burlington.

Here in Brazil it was Fiat 147. SW: Panorama; Sedan: Oggi, and Pick-up.

Cool.find& deal for sure.

Eric, looks awesome! We had 2 here.. Loved them... wishing for another now..... Merry CHRISTMAS!

Amazing video………. 1.3 engine would be awesome for Yugo…🌶️🌶️ Thumbs up from Serbia!!

I had a Yugo when I was a teenager. I had the sport version. Which means it came with a sunroof and a spoiler. It could also go 70 miles an hour down hill.

Friend of mine, long passed. He was a a automotive machinist. He had several, the one thing he said he'd do to the block was to sleeve the block was 4 new sleeves, he said it was a aluminum bores which was a bad thing.

Yugo makes my 81 Plymouth Champ (Mitsubishi) look luxurious! Enjoy the project.

You have Kompas Garage in Iowa for everything about Yugo

Mice, I like it.

I looking at installing ac on my 128 is the crank pully a double pulley? How are the belts routed for all the accessories? Enjoy the car there lots of fun

I remember those...i had to remove 7 or 8 of them a week from the air cleaner on my 70 coupe deville lol 😆

RU-vidr Old Car Guy has a Yugo that he is eventually going to be engine swapping to a Toyota Echo Engine.

The second job I ever had was at a olds/ caddy/Nissan dealership. Had like 30 and I had to move a bunch of them to a different location on the lot. Wow.. worst shift linkage ever..every one else moving them Said the same thing can't find gears. Also not good if well over 6 ft . That's all I can say . So if the shifter feels messed up .. they came that way.

Is it getting a CB, GMRS, or ham radio?

Are you selling the used head?

I always liked the body style of these cars . My friend had one in high school . Check out the Yugoslav Oldsmobile V-8 swap on RU-vid when you get time !

Back then cars were just that basic transportation