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Sat Sep 26, 2009 9:00 am

I bought this car in pieces and me and my friend Chris (the previous owner) got it back on the road.

Here's what the car looked like when I bought it

First thing we did was clean up the pan.

Then we set the body back on the pan. I rebuilt a junkyard trans axle and pulled the 1600dp out of my baja. Unfortunately I don't have any pics of either.

Sat Sep 26, 2009 9:08 am

We then built a 5" narrowed adjustable beam.

decided that wasn't narrow enough so we built a 6.5"

Interior starting to come together

Engine in and running good

A lot of other little stuff done and it's back on the road.

Windshield is on the way, and I still have a bunch of things to do but that's all for now.

Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:08 am

Great to be back on the road.
That is Narrow.. the front tire looks missing!

Btw.. The rear rain gutter rust looks vicious? The rest of the car infected?

Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:09 pm

vwrides.com wrote: Great to be back on the road.
That is Narrow.. the front tire looks missing!

Btw.. The rear rain gutter rust looks vicious? The rest of the car infected?

Actually the drip rails are the only rusty part on the car. I also hove a whole extra roof clip for patch panels. The beam is pretty narrow, but I would like to run some raders or brm's eventually. Next thing to do is get some running boards on there.

Tue Sep 29, 2009 10:42 am

vwrides.com wrote: Great to be back on the road.
That is Narrow.. the front tire looks missing!

Btw.. The rear rain gutter rust looks vicious? The rest of the car infected?

You really think that rust looks "vicious"? :roll:

Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:46 am

what do you plan on doing with the bare metal on the body? priming it or rollin like that?

Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:28 pm

Iowavw_217 wrote: vwrides.com wrote: The rear rain gutter rust looks vicious? The rest of the car infected?

Actually the drip rails are the only rusty part on the car. I also hove a whole extra roof clip for patch panels.

Excellent news then. Just a little labor and it will be repaired. Keep us posted on pictures.

deluxekombi67..
:roll: Please read my original comment in context. I was referring to "rain gutter rust looking vicious". I've several on my property 63, 65, 68, 69, bugs & buses that are infected beyond common sense repair. Yes.. it's horrific and not anything glorious. Tragic and Sad.

Now I have some friends that tackle every angle.. cutting, replacing and removing the rust so they can correctly restore the ride.

Check it out over 30 pages. It's amazing.
http://vwrides.com/viewtopic.php?t=350&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Enjoy the Ride. :wink:

Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:16 pm

Its getting painted funky green next week. I ordered drop spindles, running boards, chrome center caps and lug bolts, rear shocks, and tie rod ends, and I just put a new exhaust on it.

Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:41 pm

I kinda like it the way it is, it has a lot of personality.

Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:32 pm

72KYLE wrote: I kinda like it the way it is, it has a lot of personality.
Yeah but I can't just let it rust, and everything else on the car is at the least cleaned and painted. It's alot nicer of a car than it looks like.

Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:14 pm

Went out and got some more pics today so I thought I would update this thread.

Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:41 pm

Looks great!

When are you planning on patching up the drip rail?

Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:31 pm

Good to see you finally got some current pics up. now get those drop spindles on and your girl might actually be able to stand riding in it..

going out to dig the 61' swr DC out in the morning.

Wish you gays could be out here for the fun... :lol:

now you just gotta get sterling motivated on the 52' rag so your not driving out here alone over spring break fool..

Mon Nov 09, 2009 2:21 am

that thing is pretty sweet man!!! i like what you've done with it

Thu Dec 10, 2009 11:56 pm

Rumor has it that this thing is running boost now? intercooled too?
lets see that turbo setup matt.

Sun Feb 21, 2010 12:01 pm

Finally got the turbo setup done and got some more pics last night. I'll get some pics of it in the daytime soon.

Sun Feb 21, 2010 12:12 pm

thats rude ! need day pictures 8)

Sun Feb 21, 2010 2:58 pm

It's covered in snow right now so no pics for awhile. It looks better at night anyway haha

Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:06 pm

Awesome car, man

Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:59 pm

iVolkswagen wrote:

Awesome car, man

Thats his old OG setup. it was a little crude looking then. not bad now matt, Progress for sure! . Just not your mainstream setup by anymeans. Id love to see this thing go hideaway style matt. put that short intake on i have. and get the turbo under the apron
with a deck lid back on. Thats the whole point of a blow thru vs. draw thru. imo

If you deside to go the route your going id

1.go ahead and get that intercooler and oil cooler on the package tray,

2.get rid of that old ass hks bov with the ripped diapham and put a ssqv or rfl in there.

3. Run the longer tall header i have with the short progressive intake i also offered to you for free to get your egt's entering the turbo down along with straighter flow into the carb

3.5 rebuild or replace your shot turbo, It smokes, it has a shht load of shaft play and those ebay electric turbos spool faster :lol:

4. get rid of 100%!! of all boost, vacume, and compression leaks

5. thank me for the difference it made when your done.