1980 B1 Passat Project

[Peter Jones]

That's cool . We actually roped in our door to door hairdresser to assist with the boot and bonnet fitting. (I got a haircut too!)

Pete

[Preen59]

Wow.. That looks really nice Pete!

[greasykitchen]

Beautiful! And a custom rear badge too! Doin' it in style.

[Peter Jones]

Beautiful! And a custom rear badge too! Doin' it in style.

We've got a box of different badges for this car. Is was a diesel originally so there's a Passat GLD badge as well as Passat GLS and a few dasher badges.

The DOVW entry form needs a rego number to tell the cars apart so we're using a set of US plates just for fun, the Dasher badge seemed to go with the theme.

(For those of you who don't know, the B1 Passat was marketed in the US as a Dasher.)

The fuel injection bit doesn't apply of course but so what!

Pete

[16v_kid]

Pete, great stuff!

did you cut it yet? (cut N polish?)

[mikinoz]

The fuel injection bit doesn't apply of course but so what!

Pete

I was about to ask, because you slipped that one past me in your hit list from the weekend!

[Peter Jones]

Pete, great stuff!

did you cut it yet? (cut N polish?)

Nope, too soon. We're going to wait a month before cutting and polishing.

Pete

[16v_kid]

Nope, too soon. We're going to wait a month before cutting and polishing.

Pete

I just brought a car, fiat 124bc, the guy had it for 23 years. He painted it 20 years ago and never cut and polished it.

Now i brought it, and cut n polished it, properly but. Took me 5 days. You should see the finish on it!! looks like new!

so i reckon, the longer you wait the better.

[Jarred]

looking good in person Pete, should be right smart once its all back together and polished nicely.

need to do something about that tail pipe though!

[VW VR6]

Great job ... great post ... and great CAR

[nick1234]

Mate,

this is such a gorgeous car! I adore people that save cars like this one - a real classic! It must have been a lot of fun restoring it! I've done some work on my Golf Mk2 today but I am just not as gifted as you are! Sad to see that you are moving it to Washington state! :0)

[Peter Jones]

need to do something about that tail pipe though!

Yeah, the whole exhaust system needs to go!

Might just paint that one silver for DOVW.

Pete

[velly_16v_cab]

wow pete this car looks great.
you have really done a great job! cant wait to see it on the weekend

[DubSteve]

Fantastic work there Pete! Like everyone says I can't wait to see this car on the weekend, will be great to see this in person!!!

[Peter Jones]

Got the boot lock in last night.

Doesn't sound like much but we had to drive to Springvale and pick up the lock from the previous owner at the Red Rooster store he manages.

Even the boot lock has a story!

We've got a couple of NOS ones but they're for earlier models, again this lock is a one year only part!

Gaskets for the lock are of course impossible to find so we dropped in to Bunnings with the lock on our way home and scoured the plumbing aisles. We came up trumps with a suitable washer from a tap body.

Pete