1980 B1 Passat Project

[huss]

Well congrats on making them, they make the car look so much sportier, definitely something I'll be doing later on.

[Peter Jones]

Frank (and Red) went to Dubstitute today.

Newly refurbished Audi 100 wheels out for their first show.

We had these sand blasted and I painted them in Diamond Silver Metallic, Frank's original colour.

[tassie_euro_mk1]

100 wheels really set of red Frank Pete! Well done, looks cleaner than ever

[Jarred]

looked great yesterday Pete!

the new wheels suited it much better I think. The paint work looked great as well!

[Peter Jones]

Frank went to Bendigo today.

[HuH]

Lovely. I just read through the whole thread. Great work, mate.

I don't suppose you kept the rear window louvre that was on the car originally? I think it looked great.

[nightphotographer]

This car is the hard-to-find facelift model of the b1 passat. It was imported new from Germany by an elderly man from Wangaratta, who held onto it for a number of years until it was acquired by some neighbours (A lady owner, if that makes a difference).

Funnily enough, the only time I've seen a B1 Passat was in Wangaratta! But it was orange :/

[Peter Jones]

Lovely. I just read through the whole thread. Great work, mate.

I don't suppose you kept the rear window louvre that was on the car originally? I think it looked great.

Thanks!

That rear louvre wasn't salvageable I'm afraid, it was badly cracked and very brittle. It came apart when I removed it.

[Peter Jones]

[Peter Jones]

Another DOVW for Frank, this time he had plenty of other B1s to keep him company.

[Peter Jones]

Frank's motor has been living on borrowed time. We did all we could to prolong the inevitable but today it's time ran out.

We've decided to rebuild it rather than replace it with something more modern.

It's a period high performance 1600 so for nostalgia and economy's sake it will remain 1600.

This will also give me the opportunity to clean up the wiring and paint the engine bay.

The previous owner claimed it had Scat brand valves.

There's a fair bit of old damage in the chambers from foreign objects including what looks like an M6 nut impression.



80mm Flat top pistons



The motor got real hot when it died and baked the paint right off the rocker cover.

Usual story, death by overheating.



Measured the cylinder pressures, number 2 was blowing bubbles into the radiator.



This block off plug was split and leaking water, it's not clear if this was caused by the fault, or was the cause of the fault.





Bores could be better. I think I'm looking for a set of 80.5mm flat top pistons and a rebore.



More foreign object damage, I wish I knew more of this engine's history.





M6? Wonder how that got in there and how it got out again!



Fair amount of head work evident.

[Jarred]

Bummer too hear, but looking forward to seeing the rebuild

I remember I got some foreign object into the old 1.6 in my yellow mk 1, the valves fared much worse!

[Peter Jones]

Motor is out and apart now.

[Peter Jones]

[Peter Jones]