Some of you might have seen this in the VW Thread, but I took a few pics tonight, and thought I would start a formal project thread.
This is my most recent acquisition, a '77 MkI Rabbit. I found it in a field in front of a house the next town over, and I've been seeing it there for a couple of years. The other day, I finally decided to drive up to the house and ask if it was for sale. Turns out it was, and the guy only wanted $100 for it. I was back 2 days later with a car trailer.
I addition to getting the car for $100, I also got 2 engines (without heads), with manual trannies (the car is fail-0-matic), so I'll definitely be swapping it to a manual. With the exception of a few areas of minor rust, and a bit of a tear in the lower part of the rear valance, the body is perfect.
So here's a few pics to get started, and I'll continue to update this thread with the progress I make. I'm planning to take it pretty damn low, get it on some good wheels (plan to have a few sets), and get it as clean as possible. My main goal with this project is going to be to do everything as cheaply as possible, and make/fab as much as I can.
Here it is before I picked it up:
And here's a few pics of it in my garage, got started on a little bit of the teardown, and put a spare set of wheels/tires on it so I'd be able to roll it around.
This is my most recent acquisition, a '77 MkI Rabbit. I found it in a field in front of a house the next town over, and I've been seeing it there for a couple of years. The other day, I finally decided to drive up to the house and ask if it was for sale. Turns out it was, and the guy only wanted $100 for it. I was back 2 days later with a car trailer.
I addition to getting the car for $100, I also got 2 engines (without heads), with manual trannies (the car is fail-0-matic), so I'll definitely be swapping it to a manual. With the exception of a few areas of minor rust, and a bit of a tear in the lower part of the rear valance, the body is perfect.
So here's a few pics to get started, and I'll continue to update this thread with the progress I make. I'm planning to take it pretty damn low, get it on some good wheels (plan to have a few sets), and get it as clean as possible. My main goal with this project is going to be to do everything as cheaply as possible, and make/fab as much as I can.
Here it is before I picked it up:
And here's a few pics of it in my garage, got started on a little bit of the teardown, and put a spare set of wheels/tires on it so I'd be able to roll it around.
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