Passat mk1 Retro resto

[tassie_euro_mk1]

My 1976 Passat LS. Previous owner had owned it for 31 years! Saw it a 'dealer' for $1000 about 1.5 years ago and have had it as a second car ever since.

Its in pretty good nick for its age. It has a few problems like a couple of dents and home job patchup work on the body, slipping clutch when hot and speedo reading 140kmph when its actually doing 110kmph. Apart from that, the engine is strong thanks to the previous owner rebuilding the engine, interior is very neat and seats still very comportable.

Now that the VR6 is basically sold, this will be my daily driver as I will now have a motorbike for the thrills.

Plans for this little baby is to lower it.... hahaha
Hoping to find some sort of suspension setup for her as i would like to revert it back to standard without too much drama.

Oldskool euro wheels. 14-15".

Empi style roof rack. (Thin chrome metal frame with wooden polished slats) If anyone has one or knows of one for sale PM me!

Clean up interior and play around with the body with vinyls etc.... Have a few ideas

Anyways It feels great to be back in a 70's Volkswagen. I will definately miss the comfort of the VR, not to mention the power, the sound, the handling, the looks..lol...



Cheers
Eric

[Jarred]

Cool as eric. Can't wait to see what you do with it!

[tassie_euro_mk1]

Ok. First step was to fix that ugly parcel shelf.



Bought some black carpet and a can of adhesive glue from Autobahn and got started this arvo.

Ripped the old one and used it as a template to mark up the new carpet. I doubled layered the carpet to give it some thickness as I wasnt able to use the original carboard/hay whatever they used in the 70's lol.




Cleaned up the metal surface and test fitted the carpet. Then glued both sufaces and placed it on. Not as easy as it sounds because of the different layers of the parcel shelf and the glue being hell tacky. A few colourful words later and its in place.

Thinking about putting speakers in But im struggling to find decent speaker grills from the 70's. Gotta keep it retro

finished product.




Pic of the interior

[Jarred]

that's a pretty neat interior, seats look in great nick!

[lawny]

awesome dude... love it. cant wait to see all retro stylz!

[tassie_euro_mk1]

that's a pretty neat interior, seats look in great nick!

Yea its not too bad Jarred. headlining is starting to show its age with brown mold working its way to the centre of the lining. Dash is a bit cracked. Seats are in great nick. And still very comfy hahaha

awesome dude... love it. cant wait to see all retro stylz!

Cheers lawny. hopefully I can get that suspension sorted out so make it heaps retro

[RedVR6]

I've still got heaps of Passat/Audi Fox spare bits and pieces at my parents house. PM me if you need anything.

Love the orange. It will look great dumped with a set of wheels.

[tassie_euro_mk1]

I've still got heaps of Passat/Audi Fox spare bits and pieces at my parents house. PM me if you need anything.

Love the orange. It will look great dumped with a set of wheels.

Awesome! what kind of parts? Interior/exterior/mechanical?

[16v_kid]

That looks tops man.

Did you give it a polish? It might come out like new!

Looks like it has potential.

Anyway, keep it up man.

[tassie_euro_mk1]

The paint isnt too bad for a 33 year old car. I had polished it once since i have owned it. Will have to get some some more polish at hit it again.

She has got potential

[16v_kid]

yeah dude!

maybe even cut it down with some 3000 before polishing to get the max result.

have you also tried the wax after the polish? makes a massive difference.

[GOLFBALLS]

That looks great man!
I've actually been eyeing an old white one here with a rebuilt Audi 1800 in it. Its not as neat as yours by a longshot, but I might need it to use while the conversion is happening with my mk2.
I was thinking the same as you. Decked, but more rat.

Keep the pics coming tho!! It's nice to see something a bit different for a change

[Lorenz]

That is lovely and look to be in darn good nick for its age, nice pickup, and especially for that price, bargain!

Look forward to seeing it after some droppage and retro styling

[tassie_euro_mk1]

yeah dude!

maybe even cut it down with some 3000 before polishing to get the max result.

have you also tried the wax after the polish? makes a massive difference.

Never tried waxing it after a polish. To be honest im a bit new with cars with older paint work. My VR6 had newish paint and I had my black mk1 repainted so Im not really sure what polish is best...

That looks great man!
I've actually been eyeing an old white one here with a rebuilt Audi 1800 in it. Its not as neat as yours by a longshot, but I might need it to use while the conversion is happening with my mk2.
I was thinking the same as you. Decked, but more rat.

Keep the pics coming tho!! It's nice to see something a bit different for a change

Thanks mate. Snap that white one up! They are great cars, shame they never took off down here is Aus. Very underrated. Because its different is one of the reasons why im putting work into it it oooozes retro haha

That is lovely and look to be in darn good nick for its age, nice pickup, and especially for that price, bargain!

Look forward to seeing it after some droppage and retro styling

Yea pretty lucky with the find. Wasnt even looking for one at the time, just stumbled across it in the local paper

[tassie_euro_mk1]

So I think I have found the type of wheels that would look pretty sweet on the passat. Little bit of work to fit but.....oh so worth it



I have always been a fan of OEM+ and these ATS Porsche Cookie Cutters are perfect.