Teh White Rabbit Build.

[shwak23]

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.....................

[R.O.R-2.0]

thats a wolfsburg shift knob. almost looks like a bug shifter knob. had the same one in a couple different bugs..

[shwak23]

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.

[ORCoaster]

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.

[shwak23]

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. 

[ORCoaster]

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.