Brand new to the VW crowd with ???'s

white85cabrio · Samba Member Joined: July 15, 2014 Posts: 7

So I am new to the VW thing as I have always played with muscle cars with big engines and no handling, I just bought a 85 cabriolet for my wife and have a ton of questions, like what other model parts are interchangeable?, is this a MK1 or MK2? what are the big issues to look out for on these cars?

ps2375 · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:50 pm Post subject:

Mostly it is based off of the mkI platform, so driveline and chassis stuff should swap with mkI, other stuff like motor will swap from mkI and mkII. But, thinking of the year, mostly mkI.

Square73 · Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 6:04 am Post subject:

Welcome. If I may make a suggestion, get a used Bentley manual first thing. It will prove invaluable. I have musclecars as well and enjoy tooling around in my Cabriolets and air cooleds.

Cheers
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Most of your questions can be answered here: http://cabby-info.com/ . Wink

white85cabrio · Samba Member Joined: July 15, 2014 Posts: 7

what about body parts? what would interchange?

ps2375 · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 4:15 pm Post subject:

white85cabrio · Samba Member Joined: July 15, 2014 Posts: 7

from just golf's? or rabbits? or???

ps2375 · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2014 11:40 am Post subject:

in this country they would be called Rabbits, when they went back to the Golf name, the bodies changed(mkII).

Karmannut · Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:18 pm Post subject:

Welcome to VW's be careful they can very addictive!! Also good source of info toplessrabbit.com I have an 84 had it since 99 very good car!!
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stewardc · Samba Member Joined: August 06, 2005 Posts: 73

Yes indeed they can be very addictive, so be careful. A lot of the mechanical parts will fit from a lot of years. My Mk 1 Rabbit Pickup had a Mk 2 engine. I changed it to a Mk 3 engine and was considering a TDI from a Mk 4. They are great vehicles for that. Bodywise, fenders, bumpers, hood from a Mk 1 Rabbit will fit, but most of the rest is Cabby-specific. All the undercarriage/suspension is Mk 1, but a lot of Mk 2 parts will also fit. If you have any specific questions, just PM me. Also, as they said before, get a Bentley manual...a must-have.

Karmannut · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 8:29 am Post subject:

not sure about the hood but the fenders, bumpers, headlights and grill,taillights, dash, interior are interchangeable with earlier Rabbit Convertibles but not standard Rabbits and pickups that were built in the US the convertibles were still built in Germany by Karmann and everything is still German also almost everything under the hood looks different in the Westmorland Pa built cars from the Karmann built cars the engine in the convertible is also a 1.8 (at least in 83-84)base Rabbits i believe is a 1.6
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Rupert- 64 Sea Blue Beetle with 66 Dove Lodgette tent
Bunny- 84 grey Rabbit Convertible
Pepper-18 Habanero Orange Beetle SE Premium
Air and Water do mix!


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