brake failure of a 77' rabbit with 75k orginal miles crashed after only 24 hours of owning it :(

[Rockerchick]

I actually live off of bay dale drive haha. But I can keep the car my neighborhood because of the stupid association

No way! I lived off of Broadneck Rd! In-laws live in the Cape still.

[35i 2000]

cutting at the firewall and replacing from there on forwards looks like a good idea to me as the pass frame rail seems to to be compressed and not aligned

[Llcoolchris]

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[Jesse_717]

FYI

Bentley has lots of body line measurements.

[Llcoolchris]

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FYI

Bentley has lots of body line measurements.

[clintg60-16v]

Corrados and Rabbits make good company.

[Rockerchick]

I wouldn't want the 'rado mojo rubbing off onto my Jetta...it may never run again if that happens

[ExpoAccel]

[QUOTE=fasthopper;77407190]Glad your alright, I had a '77 and the brake line ruptured inside the drivers foot well, a water leak had rotted it along with the floor, I kept trying to figure out where all the brake fluid was going when bleeding the brakes only to find a huge puddle forming on the floor.

Had this same failure with a '77 when it was about 6 years old. Lost brakes. Saved it with downshifts and e-brake. Brake line under carpet on right side rotted out. I pumped about a quart of fluid into the carpet when trying to bleed the system. Turned out there was a recall for this (that I was never notified about). They had thought that because the lines were inside the body they did not need to be stainless. The dealer installed plastic lines per the recall. Anyone that owns one of these should take a look here.

Sorry for your loss and glad you are OK. Loss of brakes is one of the scariest things I can think of.

[Llcoolchris]

[QUOTE=ExpoAccel;77704244]

Glad your alright, I had a '77 and the brake line ruptured inside the drivers foot well, a water leak had rotted it along with the floor, I kept trying to figure out where all the brake fluid was going when bleeding the brakes only to find a huge puddle forming on the floor.

Had this same failure with a '77 when it was about 6 years old. Lost brakes. Saved it with downshifts and e-brake. Brake line under carpet on right side rotted out. I pumped about a quart of fluid into the carpet when trying to bleed the system. Turned out there was a recall for this (that I was never notified about). They had thought that because the lines were inside the body they did not need to be stainless. The dealer installed plastic lines per the recall. Anyone that owns one of these should take a look here.

Sorry for your loss and glad you are OK. Loss of brakes is one of the scariest things I can think of.

Yeah it was the brake lines, there all ****. and its not a loss because I'm fixing it. ill be driving it to mk1 madness

[s14_sr20_silvia]

[QUOTE=Llcoolchris;77707007]

...its not a loss because I'm fixing it. ill be driving it to mk1 madness

Where's the 'Like' button?

[g60vw]

I wouldn't want the 'rado mojo rubbing off onto my Jetta...it may never run again if that happens

Beat me to it.

[IronTrap]

glad to see it's being saved. how will you be bracing the joint where the frame rails are being attached? Simply just butt welding them might not be sufficient...

Interested to see how this turns out!

[Llcoolchris]

glad to see it's being saved. how will you be bracing the joint where the frame rails are being attached? Simply just butt welding them might not be sufficient...

Interested to see how this turns out!

Ill be sure to expalin and post ple.ty.of pics

[Chris16vRocco]

Nice work, can't wait to see it.

[Nashty Rabbit]

saw this on FB a while ago.... hurt to see it but glad you're ok...

hope to see it out and about at madness...

take care,
nash

[punkvideo81]

Glad to see you're saving it, I hit a deer last summer and had to do a ton of work on mine. That is a great color combo, see you at mk1 madness!

[planksta]

I saw this yellow one on CL a while back i called about it but they never responded, its an awesome car, sorry about the crash, fixer up

[Llcoolchris]

I saw this yellow one on CL a while back i called about it but they never responded, its an awesome car, sorry about the crash, fixer up

thanks for the support everyone. its a beautiful car, interior.is.mint an its dash is crack free. I'm just looking at it.as a positive, I'm 19 years old.i always wanted to know how a rabbit was put together well hes my opportunity lol . itll be better than what it was before solid and rust free.

[planksta]

thanks for the support everyone. its a beautiful car, interior.is.mint an its dash is crack free. I'm just looking at it.as a positive, I'm 19 years old.i always wanted to know how a rabbit was put together well hes my opportunity lol . itll be better than what it was before solid and rust free.

That's awesome dude I'm 18 and building my vr6 bunny, I'm much like you I always wanted to take one apart and build it back up, its an awesome experience man, and that interior is sexy, you could make that thing really cool with not much to do!!

[projektmk1vr6]

That hurt me to look at those pics, I'm glad you're gonna bring it back to life.

[Llcoolchris]

That's awesome dude I'm 18 and building my vr6 bunny, I'm much like you I always wanted to take one apart and build it back up, its an awesome experience man, and that interior is sexy, you could make that thing really cool with not much to do!!

thats wassup maybe when its all said an done we can meet up lol

[Llcoolchris]

Next pics will be of the front end back on!

[Seacucumber]

Put squares on it!

[clintg60-16v]

Nice progress!

[morphineVR6]

[dubina4steve]

Keep it up! Definitely one that was worth saving and its good to see another Maryland Rabbit

[morphineVR6]

this better make it to mk1 madness

[Grig85]

glad to see it taking shape

[Llcoolchris]

this better make it to mk1 madness

Working on it! Prob the only thing that wont be done is the. engine bay being paintes..but i have to get it painted..i cant roll arpund with a multi colored rabbit.

[RabidRabbot]

Best way to clean up the motor is to steam clean it

[GTrabbIt]

[funnee84bunny]

if you really t-boned another car, you came out lucky at 25 mph. I got t-boned in april at 5 mph according to the police report and got this on the receiving end......

the other driver; not cited, as I was male


the awesome view from my seat


strapping it down to the ramp truck. don't wanna lose that sweet door

[Gromel]

Nice job getting this back together, not wasting any time!

[lilrabbitGTi95]

All mk1's deserve an owner like you. Good work. Glad you didn't let this one slip away.

[Cubster]

When I saw it was a '77 I said "uh-oh"......then I saw it was Riyad Yellow and the damage my heart sunk. Good on you for keeping it alive. Here's my 44k mile Riyad Yellow '77. Keep up the good work.