1980 B1 Passat Project

[GoLfMan]

awesome Pete!

I'll try and get over for next weekend and give you a hand

[Satanstoenail]

I'm not usually a huge early Passat fan, but I love the look of this one for some reason. Are you keeping the green?

Also that welding job =

[Peter Jones]

The green paint is horribly applied and not a VW colour.

Frank, (short for Frankenstein), as the car is now known, will be repainted in Mars Red. It was originally silver.

We've decided to push on and get it painted before it get roadworthied.

It's been a long time since I painted a car, should make for another amusing chapter in the saga.

Pete

[Water Boy]

Run it Rat-look Pete

[Peter Jones]

Run it Rat-look Pete

Pete

[Gipson]

red again pete! those paint shops do other colours too mate

haha no its looking good i like the early passats, nice weld on that rear quarter too. once thats on is all the body work fine?

[Satanstoenail]

The green paint is horribly applied and not a VW colour.

Oak Green is a VW colour though!

I'm sure the red will look cool, I just like the dark green on it for some reason.

[Peter Jones]

Bit more progress. We checked out the Passats down at Centre road and picked up another rear door which is dead straight. The other one I had on there was repairable but this was a better option.



There's a heap of rust under the side strips which is taking a bit to treat. Most of the car is pretty good though, Just a little more welding to do and a whole lot of sanding.

On another note there's another one of these on UK ebay at the moment.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270449106044&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Oh, and thanks to Jarred and Golfman for popping by and lending a hand.
Pete

[Jarred]

Good pick up with the door. Save alot of swearing and mucking about I think.

I have a feeling this'll be painted in no time!

[GoLfMan]

looking good Pete sorry I wasnt much help, was/am feeling like crap!

[Peter Jones]

All the welding is finally done. Today I repaired minor pinhole perforations in he driver's door and front RHS 1/4, major rust in the bottom corners of the windscreen and filled in both the antenna hole in the roof and the one in the guard.

There's still a heap of cleaning and sanding to do but I'm hoping to get it in undercoat next weekend.

Here's some pics, my arms are to tired from sanding to type much more.

[Peter Jones]

[Jarred]

another big weekend for you by the looks of it Pete, good to see you're making some major progress.

I'll try pop round next saturday arvo to lend a hand again.

[WABIT]

looks great pete, you give a lot of inspiration mate, theres not alot of blokes who'd tackle a job this big at home so well done

dom

[roccodingo]

Maybe something you can try Pete seeing you have gone to this extent.
To inhibit the corrosion in the windscreen lower corners, try lead wiping a small amount of body lead where the rubber seal will sit, then paint and fit screen in the usual way. the lead filler then serves as a rust barrier ( similar to galvanising ) if and when the windscreen seal allows moisture in that area.

Had this up my sleeve for ages, but yet to try its effectiveness.

Great to see the progress, need a size 10 up my a** to get me motivated here right now...