My Mk1 1.6TD build...lots of pics

[CoolAirVw]

Kansas City Hey, neighbor.  

Original turbo rabbit huh?  Thats neat.  

Love to see it sometime.

Richard

Ask and you will receive!  Man what a small world.  I read this thread this morning.  I thought wow what a neat car.  Then today at lunch I'm at a restaurant and I look out the window and I see this goofy looking hood scoop in the drive through (see pics).  So I think, "THATS THE RABBIT TURBO I READ ABOUT THIS MORNING!"  I run torwards the door cuz I want to see the car, the door was locked so I crash clumsily into the glass door. Dazed and confused I walk out the other door and talk to Caleb and look at his car.

Caleb was real nice and his car looks good in person too!  

Caleb, maybe some day I can show you my car.  I was wanting to ask you where you got the Gauge Pod.  I need one because I want to get a Pyro and Boost gauge before I start cranking up the boost.  (actually I just want to mimic your car because your my Hero now! :lol: )

[RabbitJockey]

u sir are an ideal model of a vw diesel enthusiast haha

[cowboybootlegger]

Kansas City Hey, neighbor.  

Original turbo rabbit huh?  Thats neat.  

Love to see it sometime.

Richard

Ask and you will receive!  Man what a small world.  I read this thread this morning.  I thought wow what a neat car.  Then today at lunch I'm at a restaurant and I look out the window and I see this goofy looking hood scoop in the drive through (see pics).  So I think, "THATS THE RABBIT TURBO I READ ABOUT THIS MORNING!"  I run torwards the door cuz I want to see the car, the door was locked so I crash clumsily into the glass door. Dazed and confused I walk out the other door and talk to Caleb and look at his car.

Yeah, i was just sitting there in the good 'ol Peking chinese drive through, minding my own business, listening to my exhaust sing sweetly , and trying in vain to understand what the guy at drive through window was saying, when i see this guy run into the fixed door!  As i was trying to get my food and figure out what this guy was doing, he finds a door that works (I think it's illegal to have doors locked in a public establishment :?) and walks up to my car.  Needless to say i'm a little confused, but i could tell by the smile on his face(and the absence of a weapon)  that at least he wasn't out to pay me back for some long forgotten road rage incident. (I've NEVER used the on-demand smoke screen :twisted:)   Turns out it's Richard, the guy from the everyone's favorite forum, that i had replied to just a couple hours before. I had no idea there was another VW turbo diesel enthusiast in KC, much less in Grandview!  It truly is a small world.  Nice guy by the way, already offered to help me with my clutch upgrade.

Caleb was real nice and his car looks good in person too!

 

I too am often hypnotized by the rabbit's sexyness...lol :lol:

Caleb, maybe some day I can show you my car.  I was wanting to ask you where you got the Gauge Pod.  I need one because I want to get a Pyro and Boost gauge before I start cranking up the boost.  (actually I just want to mimic your car because your my Hero now! :lol: )

I got the gauge pod from some website that was in German, and i saved the link in my favorites.  But i recently tried to go back and find it again, and the link no longer worked.     I'll see if i can dig it up.  I remember having to search forever to find it in the first place.  
By the way Rich, i went by Certified today on lunch, but you were out test driving a car.  Wanted to ask you about my 2nd and 3rd gear syncros, availability and all.  I'm trying to avoid having to totally replace my tranny.    I guess all that extra torque is hard on stuff... who knew? :roll:

[cowboybootlegger]

any chance i can have you rear badge?

Sorry bro, but it's the only one i've ever seen, so i'd better hang onto it.
But if i ever decide to sell it, i'll let you know.  :wink:
BTW, love your golf of many colors...

if your willing to take a rubbing with a pencil and piece of paper, scan it and mail it to me i can reproduce them in vinyl.

 

I actually have the emblem off the car right now, (it was loose and i didn't want it to fall off) is there a method that is preferred over tracing?
And how detailed would the reproduction have to be? Forgive my unfamiliarity with the vinyl industry, but i would love to have this thing in decal form.  

[Baxter]

If it's off the car you can just scan it, much better.
mail it to me as a .jpg
What I do for people who supply me useable designs (that maybe of interest to other enthusiasts) is to give them a sticker or two as way of thank you.

[email protected] would be the best place to send it to I reckon.

 :wink:

[cowboybootlegger]

If it's off the car you can just scan it, much better.
mail it to me as a .jpg
What I do for people who supply me useable designs (that maybe of interest to other enthusiasts) is to give them a sticker or two as way of thank you.

[email protected] would be the best place to send it to I reckon.

 :wink:

Heck yeah, i'll get it to you asap!
Thanks for offering , it'll be awesome to have the vinyl, then i won't be so worried about the original falling off. (you know, being somewhat irreplaceable and all)

[cowboybootlegger]

Well.... as i was cleaning the back of my 'rabbit turbo diesel LS' emblem in preparation for reattaching it, despite my carefulness, i managed to get a small amount of brake cleaner on it.  :shock:  To my horror, the silver paint
on the lettering just melted off like chalk.   :cry:  I couldn't believe it.  The only super rare emblem on that car, i had to screw it up.  But, hopefully all is not lost, and i can find someone to refinish the stupid thing.  Anyone know of such a place?   I spray painted it one color to scan it for Mr Brick-Yard, hopefully he can still use the image.
 

[the4ork]

if you dont like the scoop on the pass. side...

a friend of mine cut a rectangle in his hood and honest to god double sided taped a home depot vent (the kind you see in the ceiling to your home) to the under side of the hood and then repainted the hood...

it looks pretty sick, his is on the drivers side and has his intercooler exactly like urs is, but with a smaller 8" fan...

and his intercooler stays pretty cool

[cowboybootlegger]

Alright y'all, my beautiful little wife whipped up some photoshopped pics of the bunny, minus the pass side scoop to give you some reference for the look without the cold air intake.  i'm still gonna retain the intercooler scoop, maybe someday i'll build an air duct from the grill or the raintray for it.  Let me know which one you like better- with the pass. side scoop, or without.

[Baxter]

Small but perfectly formed.

 

Here, listen, this is a LS badge, were there any other models? GLS? GL? N?
If Im gunna get some printed, seems daft to cover just one model![/img][/url]

[RabbitJockey]

i have a mk1 jetta turbo diesel, and jetta gl turbo diesel badge

[cowboybootlegger]

i have a mk1 jetta turbo diesel, and jetta gl turbo diesel badge

Hey Mr Brick-Yard, could we add that to the batch, or is it too difficult?
BTW, thanks for the profile pic.  :wink:

[ODwyerPW]

nice car.
I too have  the rare factory Turbo Diesel Rabbit.  Mine is a Silver 2 Door LS with a Sunroof.

I've gutted the A/C firewall back from a GTI and firewall forward from a Jetta Diesel to add factory A/C.
I purchased the power steering companants from a diesel caddy and sourced an early MK2 resevoir to add factory power steering.
So my car will be equipped like yours.
I'm working on acquiring cruise control at the moment.

I pulled all of the suspension from a GTI as well as the spoiler, arches, bumpers and front bumper fill piece (only came on 84 GTIs).  No GTI grill though, using a Sport Truck Eggcrate grill instead.  I have snow flakes, but they are the magnesium colored ones from a late model cabriolet (no color in the insets).  However, I'm using the spring set from a Cabriolet to increase my ride height (necessary for Mexico).  Still looking for a trailer hitch.

I also pulled all of of the window seals (don't like the chrome around the seals on the LS) off of the same GTI.  Unfortunately, the window seals meant converting over to window vents.  However, I combined a set of bolt through vent glass/frames from an older rabbit with the better seals from this GTI.  So I won't have leaks or glass falling off.

I also pulled the tilt/slide sunroof out of a Scirocco II this weekend.  Was going to pull the master cylinder, booster and all calipers/rotors, but they were not in good condition at all.  Better to keep my stuff.  My car does have the rear disk break conversion, but I wanted the complete 16v brake setup.  Maybe someday in the future.

I have two other rabbit diesels that I will be visiting this week to get more seatbelts and seats.  One is a 4door, the other a 2door.  I should be able to mix and match to do my rear seat 3-point seatbelts with head rest mod.  Getting a few interior plastic bits too.

I've struggled with how OEM to keep this rare Turbo Diesel.  I consider everything I've done to be BOLT on, borrowed from a MK1 platform car (sans the resevior from the Mk2, but it's the same unit found in your car).  I won't have any GTI badging..I will have the GTI center console, but it will have a wood grain 3 gauge bezel (not the redstripe GTI version) to match the wood grain dash bezel of the LS.  I'm keeping the original LS navy blue pleather seats (though modifying the rear bench for headrests) and chrome window cranks, door pulls, mirror knobs, sunroof crank.

Not touching the engine at all...staying perfectly 1.6TD stock.

You have any idea what your car weighs?  I would imagine mine is similar...lighter because it's a 2 door, but heavier because it has a sunroof...should balance out.

I haven't documented this process at all, which is foolish, but I will start after this weekend.  Car is being driven from Upstate NY to it's new home in Sonora, Mexico where I will complete it over the winter.

[cowboybootlegger]

Sounds like a sweet car!  I'd love to see some pics, keep us updated on your progress!  I like your descriptions of the interior swaps, that's the major area of the car that i need to improve. (It's native Arizona sun wasn't kind to it)   I'm just glad the dash doesn't have any cracks.  The PO was smart enough to put a dash pad on it for preservation.   I have some leather Corrado seats that i can get from a buddy for d i r t cheap, and i have another friend who's a wizard with rabbit interiors. I just need to get to it. :roll:  
You should definitely start a build thread, i'll be watchin' for it!

Caleb

[Baxter]

i have a mk1 jetta turbo diesel, and jetta gl turbo diesel badge

Hey Mr Brick-Yard, could we add that to the batch, or is it too difficult?
BTW, thanks for the profile pic.  :wink:

Get it scanned!