1980 B1 Passat Project

[Peter Jones]

Frank went to DOVW 2010!

Jodie spent the week finishing off the cut and polish and I got the rest of the dash installed. It's no mean feat to come up with a fully functional glove box for one of these cars!

[Jarred]

Frank looked great this weekend Pete!

Paint came up really nice!

[Peter Jones]

[Volksee77]

Frank's birth certificate came in the mail today, he's actually a '79 it just took a while for him to get here on the boat and get complianced.

Where do you get this info peter??? very useful

[Peter Jones]

Where do you get this info peter??? very useful

:: Volkswagen AutoMuseum :: Certificate Generator

[Peter Jones]

Just a couple more shots.

A better picture of the Glovebox, a simple thing but many hours of work to find all the bits and make this functional.

The supporting bracketry had been removed to accommodate an after market A/C system.

The fuse box had also been relocated and had to be reinstated.



Some temporary boot carpet from a Vento until we get it all properly trimmed out.

Air tank is for the Horns Finally got it to hold pressure, it was a gauge that was leaking.

New boot seal is from Clark Rubber and those are brand new (NOS) tail lights fitted just before DOVW.



Still trying to get the glass properly clean, we're trying Dura Gloss Nu Glass. Seems to have cleaned it up better than before but there's more work to do on the inside yet.



Something else we're trying to further protect the paint, AutoGlym Extra Gloss Protection over their Super Resin Polish.

[hjsimpson01]

Well I've just spent most of the morning going through this thread... What an inspiration it is! Thanks for sharing Frank with us. I hope now to have a bit more info for my resto... I loved the info you put up about the Acrylic paint technique too!

Glad to see another VW on the road again! The more the merrier...
Now to get on with my TS, and the rest of the fleet...

[Peter Jones]

Here's some pics of Frank at SEDF 2011.

We're thrilled to have received first place in the Passat category.

[Preen59]

You deserve it, Pete. The car is immaculate! And the paint is really nice! Especially for someone of limited experience who basically did it in their back yard!

Well done.

[Peter Jones]

All I did was apply the paint, full credit goes to Jodie for the hours of wet sanding and polishing to make it look like that.

[Peter Jones]

Frank broke his clutch cable this week. I had a spare, but it turns out replacing the cable in this model is a major undertaking.

It took all day today to swap it out. Everything under the dash has to come out.

On this model the cable enters through the firewall and turns about 70° around a pulley before hooking onto the top of the pedal.

The cable won't go through the firewall without removing the pulley and there's no way to get at it without removing the heater box.

Seeing as I had the heater box out I took the opportunity top replace the core and clean it all out.

No pictures sorry, I was too busy swearing at stuff.

[Peter Jones]

This is the heater core I took out, don't think either air or water was getting through this one.

[Jarred]

hmm 31 years of crap and fluff!

Can't believe it was that hard of a job. Bit of a whoopsie on Vw's part there I think!

[Peter Jones]

Yeah I think the RHD version of this car was a bit of an afterthought.

Brake pedal and accelerator linkages run behind the heater box too.

Just lucky I had a suitable cable. Probably something we scored cheap off e-bay and put on the shelf.

[Peter Jones]

Spent the day out at the Phillip Island Classic today.

We got a free pass to the display area so we took Frank out for a spin in the countryside.

Dunno what happened but the turnout from VWCV was nearly non existent, just us and a Type3 Ghia.