The beginnings....
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whozmaresy
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- Do you own a Cabriolet?: Yes
The beginnings....
Here are some pictures of when we bought the 84 rabbit. We had to replace all the brakes, axels, clean the thing, new soft top, tires, windshield and paint job (to name just a few things!). We are done with mostly everything (will post pics of the finished job as soon as we're done), and just have to finish work on the wheels, get new tires, put the back window back in, put it all back together (the whole thing was stripped down for the paint job), clean it again, register and inspect it. Phew!
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whozmaresy
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- What year is your cabby?: 1984
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whozmaresy
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- What year is your cabby?: 1984
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PDX Cabby
- The Living Bentley Manual
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Re: The beginnings....
wow! now that's a lot of work!
85 Cab - 1.9L 8v, g-grind, euro dual downs to TT race w/ Borla, VWMS fuel dizzy, 2H tranny with 5th gear swap, TT short shift, FK 60/40, 15" BBS RA, rear disks... begging for boost...
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Calimus
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Re: The beginnings....
I think this level of work get weighed in metric s&*t tons. Man, I can't wait to see the end result.
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Briano1234
- Whats that smell?
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Re: The beginnings....
Weighted as in Metric Ton's of what? Time, Monies, Labor, Trips to the junk-yard....welcome to cabbyhood.... We all have been there a time or three.
Briano
Yes as matter of fact, I have the Luck o'the Irish...everything I touch turns to fertilizer of the bovine variety.
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Yes as matter of fact, I have the Luck o'the Irish...everything I touch turns to fertilizer of the bovine variety.
You can lead a user to a link, but you can't make him Click....
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whozmaresy
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Re: The beginnings....
Well, it passed inspection as of this morning. As soon as the weather gets better (been pouring rain/collecting snow here) I will try to post pics. The car looks great. Other than a small leak issue in the driver's side corner of the window near the J-hook, the thing looks and runs great!
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whozmaresy
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Re: The beginnings....
Oh, and before I post the pics, I just wanted to preface it by saying that this is NOT a show car. The car had dents in the fender and all sorts of trouble before we bought it. We just wanted a fun little car (we've always loved the ol' rabbits) for a couple of years. All the work (ALL) has been done by us on a budget. So it ain't perfect, but it's great for us.
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whozmaresy
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Re: The beginnings....
Still needs work, but at least it passed inspection... it's mostly done!
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whozmaresy
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- What year is your cabby?: 1984
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whozmaresy
- Posts: 21
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- What year is your cabby?: 1984
- Do you own a Cabriolet?: Yes
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whozmaresy
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- What year is your cabby?: 1984
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eric4321
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Re: The beginnings....
WOW!!!! Very nice job! Hard to believe it is the same car. Great job and congrats. Have fun driving the car and I hope it serves you well.
My Rabbit Rescue and Recovery Ranch
93 Cabriolet red. 5 speed
81 Rabbit 4 door auto bronze (project)
77 Rabbit 4 dr 4spd diesel
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1987 Cabriolet parts car(may one day bring her back)
1993 Suburban green(used for Rabbit rescue)
93 Cabriolet red. 5 speed
81 Rabbit 4 door auto bronze (project)
77 Rabbit 4 dr 4spd diesel
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1987 Cabriolet parts car(may one day bring her back)
1993 Suburban green(used for Rabbit rescue)
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gull
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Re: The beginnings....
Yeah, they all leak there.whozmaresy wrote:Other than a small leak issue in the driver's side corner of the window near the J-hook, the thing looks and runs great!
VW fan who fell to the Honda side of the force
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Briano1234
- Whats that smell?
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Re: The beginnings....
No they Don't, at least mine don't... na na na na na na.gull wrote:Yeah, they all leak there.whozmaresy wrote:Other than a small leak issue in the driver's side corner of the window near the J-hook, the thing looks and runs great!
Briano
Yes as matter of fact, I have the Luck o'the Irish...everything I touch turns to fertilizer of the bovine variety.
You can lead a user to a link, but you can't make him Click....
Yes as matter of fact, I have the Luck o'the Irish...everything I touch turns to fertilizer of the bovine variety.
You can lead a user to a link, but you can't make him Click....