Well I thought I'd do a build thread for my Girlfriend's Rabbit. I picked it up a few months ago and only recently started working on it.
The motor is just a 1.6 NA that was rebuilt by the previous owner. The tranny is just a five speed I had laying around from another diesel. I think it's a FN code or a FF. Basically i'm just cleaning everything up and putting it back together all neat and tidy n' stuff.
This is as she sits atm. Real crappy. In the woods. Where I do all my works.
Some real original stuff I found in the glovebox.
A pretty neato OEM shift knob.
The Rear
I started grinding away some seam sealer... Which I regret... Because it led to...
Sigh... Anywhere I ground I painted it with POR-15. I hate my self for doing it because now I have to paint the bay. But whatever I guess.
The car is 95% rust free and the only rust is surface rust. So... It was silly to grind so much... But I guess it will look good...
And a preview of what is to come.....................
thats a wolfsburg shift knob. almost looks like a bug shifter knob. had the same one in a couple different bugs..
thats a wolfsburg shift knob. almost looks like a bug shifter knob. had the same one in a couple different bugs..
Yeah I know. I think they came in Rabbits too tho. This car is 99% oem. Although I guesss if the owners were to swap one thing I guess it would be the knob.
Why grind on that car when you have Coke on the front support? Just pour a little bit of that acid on the rust, brush and wash off.
Looks like you have your hands full. Interior OK after all this time? Let me guess you need a headliner.
The interior is pretty mint. Dash is cherry. Door cards are awesome. It looks like no one has ever driven this car. But yes it does need a headliner re-wrap and i'd like to upgrade the seats. I have a full set of GTI seats in ok condition that I may reupholster a red plaid and do the headliner in the same.
I do have to keep telling myself "It's a daily driver" so I stop my self from going to far.
Oh and I have burned a circle into the clear coat of a car after setting a can of coke on it that spilled slightly before.
Hence my suggestion for rust remover. Stuff is nasty! And you drink it?
If you plan to do a headliner I found that JoAnna fabrics carries the same soft sponge material that I got in a more expensive universal kit. It is wide enough to go full across the roof with some to spare. All you need is that good 3M spray glue and a warm day. I did mine in an afternoon with a little later on the sunroof panel the next day. Stuff was like 15 bucks a yard. I bet you could do the whole thing for 40 bucks. Well maybe 55 the glue is kind of spendy at about 10 a can.
Keep us informed, Thanks
Oh here:
http://home.comcast.net/~james.pawlicki/callawayupdate.html for a piece of the competition or what you can do to it from here.