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Model Specific Questions and Info => MK1 Golf/Jetta and B1 Dasher => Topic started by: oblique on April 19, 2024, 08:55:57 pm
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As nice as it appears from a distance, I would pass on it. The mileage is low and the interior is nice but....
Those pinch welds are failing and there is a lot of rust on the bottom of the doors, seams, and possibly the fenders. It just looks weak to me and I would think you would spend a lot of time getting the floor and such fixed only to have it be a continual rust bucket.
Take your saved dollars elsewhere. I say it is a blacker hole than most old Rabbits out there.
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Agree with Coaster about the car generally but the dash looks good and a rare find south of Canada.
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Issue is 2dr german rabbits do not come up very often...at all. And i do not want a westy rabbit. This one is one of the better examples that i have seen in years, metal work taken into account
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I read an article about how the 2 dr models sort of went away after the mid 90s and are novel now. People that collect them pay about 64% more for them. Now granted, this was an article on Buicks and Cadillacs so it might be much different than a VW.
I owned a two-door Rabbit, it was great for me as I needed the larger door to get in and out and I stripped out the back seat and made it all one level for transporting stuff rather than people.
You didn't give us a price on it but I would put somewhere around 2.5-3 K on that one based on miles and interior condition. I might be cheap/low on that but that is where I see it. If you really need another Rabbit and really want to put the time into it, then who are we to stop you. Rabbit Fever, I think it is called.
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Odometer is only 5 digit on these so has likely rolled over..maybe once or twice or maybe more.
Paint is original, car is quite complete and no signs of trauma. Seller firm on 2kCAD
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The electrical system on those old ones is trouble.
If you don't mind doing bodywork, or even enjoy it, this would be a good car/project.
I wouldn't pay over $600 for it,
if I had the time to mess with it.
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We all find the time to "mess with it"
Go ahead and deny it but we all KNOW YOU BETTER THAN THAT.
Good thread here, eh?
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I really have too many VW projects right now.
I hope to build a pickup with a 2-door front and little window behind it.
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I think VW missed the mark when it came to adding some room behind the seat. Most other small pickups started cramped like the VW but soon added that little bit to the cab. VW could have used the Rabbit 2 door frame and had a really nice addition to the cab doing that. I would like to try cutting a Rabbit off and welding on the the Pick up tail to it but I have way too many other things I need to be doing.
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There are a few extended VW Pickups out there... a friend of mine has done quite a few tasteful ones in the past.
Oblique, Go for it. Round eye Rabbits are hard to come by!! I started with a junkyard dog and my wife and I built it from the ground up...
This is how it looks now for the the last 17 years... It was even missing things...
https://vwdiesel.net/forum/index.php/topic,246.msg262291.html#msg262291
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Well i bought the car for 2kCAD.
Its a 1 owner bunny that's been maintained...mostly. the CK was said to have been rebuilt and it looks it...cam looks fresh.
So far ive installed rebuilt injectors and pump, and managed to slip on a new TB before getting rained out. Found a 40mm WP and sandblasted the pulleys...all looks good.
Removed massive mouse house from intake plenum and added genuine BOSCH air filter..oh yes.
I don't know whats in the tank...what's a reliable way of driving the car with a bottle for a few hundred miles?
Anyone have rabbit floor pans?
Car is a Diesel 'L' edition...that mean I will just be hunting for more rare stuff?
What does a 4spd do on the highway...not that I have a tach..
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I know how to put a tach in that MK1. Send me a PM and we can work something out.
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Here is a floor piece on ebay, not mine or anyone i know:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/334162646396
The GC 4speeds are pretty limiting at HWY speeds but a GP works pretty well and has a final ratio similar to a FF 5 speed without feeling like your constantly shifting.
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Glad you picked it up!! Should be a fun project!!
Every body part that you need is available to repair the rust.
Check out Heritage Parts Centre in the UK.
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Being early like that, it probably does have the GC 4-speed.
Because the 1.5 ran at a higher RPM due to the shorter stroke.
A GP or GL is way better on the highway.
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I do hope the transmission might be a later one but we will fond out soon enough. I managed to get the clutch unstuck and rock the car in gear from where she sits...so far so good. What I couldnt do though is pull the speedo cable out of the housing to check fluid level...its a different style than I've seen with a rubber grommet in the housing instead of a gasket.
Here's a short video of the first start after quite a bit of cranking.
https://youtube.com/shorts/s_13NRlyCNI?si=bSbzHLJsMCiAQW2_
On a down note, the front driver's pinch seam folded in a good bit when I was jacking it. Not particularly fantastic.
Otherwise I think she will drive fine...even the alternator cleaned up.
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That does sound good.
Belt is riding down the center of the sprocket.
On the speedometer removal:
There is a metal lip, kind of a bucket, that slides into the trany
you might have to get a little screwdriver under it, between it and the trany,
from the firewall side.
And be real careful pulling it out.
If the gear catches on the edge, it can come off and fall in the trany.
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If the gear catches on the edge, it can come off and fall in the tranny.
Murphy's law says..... It falls in. So go slow and put a bright light on the work area. There is nothing worse than not being able to see the problem and then doing what you didn't care to do.