My 4th Mk1..

[8v-of-fury]

Forgot how dark diesel oil gets

That shiiit is blacker than the blackest of black blacks. And stains the hell out of EVERYTHING it touches

Best part is when I check my oil around any of my gas engine buddies..

"holy shiit man that oil needs to be changed like 30,000miles ago!"

"I just changed it last week.. this is fresh oil"

"omg, something is wrong with your car man, my oil has NEVER looked like that before.."

Idiiots I tell you.

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That shiiit is blacker than the blackest of black blacks. And stains the hell out of EVERYTHING it touches

Best part is when I check my oil around any of my gas engine buddies..

"holy shiit man that oil needs to be changed like 30,000miles ago!"

"I just changed it last week.. this is fresh oil"

"omg, something is wrong with your car man, my oil has NEVER looked like that before.."

Idiiots I tell you.

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Planned on tracking down all the squeaks and rattles an fix them. But I got side tracked.




Uinta organic pale wyld. Oh so delicious.

Six pack later and ive fixed the dash rattles and replaced the wipers with a set of bosch icons.



Got all the vinyl off one side as well

[deathhare.]

That shiiit is blacker than the blackest of black blacks. And stains the hell out of EVERYTHING it touches

Best part is when I check my oil around any of my gas engine buddies..

"holy shiit man that oil needs to be changed like 30,000miles ago!"

"I just changed it last week.. this is fresh oil"

"omg, something is wrong with your car man, my oil has NEVER looked like that before.."

Idiiots I tell you.

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ha nice.

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found this on ebay for $10 shipped, figured i could find a place for it.



looks like i can re-locate the ash tray to the lower pocket and put this in the center vent\ash tray area of the dash. would need to find an ashtray assembly from an a/c car though.

not going in the center console, as all my gauges still work

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just ordered $500 worth of random bits for the mk1... tons of seals, clips, badges, ect..


felt so good and so bad at the same time

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got another package today.

looks NOS, wires look new and not a spec of dirt anywhere. i would assume this is new never installed.

now to figure out where to re-locate the license plate.

[Matysik]

That's sweet ^^ Need installed pics now

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That's sweet ^^ Need installed pics now

soon enough

need to wait for the rest of the parts to get here first.

[rabbitnothopper]

wow just looked again at your blue interior

so clean so blue so much awesome

love the underdash parcel trays everytime i see them now
so much space wasted under the dash on my tan interior 81...


jettas are hugely inconspicuous too compared to my rabbits
they just look like ordinary 80's sedans
i probally see several and never really notice them


great buy and project
have fun!

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wow just looked again at your blue interior

so clean so blue so much awesome

love the underdash parcel trays everytime i see them now
so much space wasted under the dash on my tan interior 81...


jettas are hugely inconspicuous too compared to my rabbits
they just look like ordinary 80's sedans
i probally see several and never really notice them


great buy and project
have fun!

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Car is looking pitiful in its current state. No bumpers, badges, flares, trim, and the vinyl is being removed.

Things will be changing soon



I do need to figure out how to remove this black spray paint the PO decided looked good.

The blende isn't big enough to cover it all do it has to go.

[Cushy]

After "educating" myself on why not to paint trim on the car, i can say a clay bar works very good for pulling spray paint off of a previously painted and cleared surface. I cant say its very time friendly either. mineral spirits perhaps or would that take ALL the paint off? Cant wait to see this done

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ive heard that oven cleaner works, but im scared to try .

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Got another shipment today.

Bunch of NOS parts from good ole moog.

window seals
Seat sliders
rocker clips
Belt trim clips
grill clips
wiper bezels
VW badge

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Gave her a slight tuneup and she is running great.

Still amazed I can max the speedo out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0AAcPGtGY8

[VDUBZ-83']

Same thing happened to my blower motor but when you turned mine on smoke came from where the radio is supposed to be, i just drilled a tiny hole in the center of the fan sprayed some WD-40 in there and spinned it for 15 mins and it worked perfect! besides the smell of WD-40 for the first time turning it on My cover was also melted.

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Got some goodies today thanks to the local guys over at raceland.

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Helpers removed, now to hit up Terry for a set of upper caps

[simon_C]

Helpers removed, now to hit up Terry for a set of upper caps

Youll be waiting a while for those, he's currently mid-move.

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Youll be waiting a while for those, he's currently mid-move.

im aware

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Windows all cleaned up and installed in the nos seals

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new seals are in, and now i can tell the door seals need to be replaced as well..



should be getting a few nice shipments delivered here soon

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Love this car... What's so awesome about this picture?



Oh and I got some goodies today.

[((a.v.))mk-1]

in for pic of car on coils.

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in for pic of car on coils.

Soon.

[((a.v.))mk-1]

ou la la specs... our cars can be 13" buddies.

[canexrabbit]

Got a set of raceland coils and was wonderingnwhat the point of removing the helper springs???

[simon_C]

Got a set of raceland coils and was wonderingnwhat the point of removing the helper springs???

more range of adjustment

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Got a set of raceland coils and was wonderingnwhat the point of removing the helper springs???

Many reasons including clearance, the helpers only act as a spacer once weight is on them. by removing them you can have more wheel/tire to strut clearance.

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Test fit. ignore the tape holding it on..

[oopseyesharted]

wow.....excellent!!!!!

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Thanks.

Still waiting on 4 packages for more parts.

1. Germany
2. Poland
3. UK
4. Mexico


Shipping takes forever.