Retro Passat

[tassie_euro_mk1]

Well guys you may already know that I have a 76 Passat and have seen a few pics of it. I did have a thread started on it but has been lost since the new forum layout. No matter, this in now the proper build/resto thread for the old girl.

Few little things have been changed in the last few months. I reupholsted the door trims with orange tartan. sorry for the phone camera pics









Hopefully have these beauties running when I get the linkages sorted.



Nice pressie came for me while at work

[Peter Jones]

There's off-the-shelf linkage kits available.

Twin Weber Linkage kits - DCOE - Weber Performance Carburettors

[cdogg]

good to see you have the current wurth calendar
oh.... nice job on the door trims

[tassie_euro_mk1]

haha thanks mate. I think we still have Wurth calenders from back in 2004 haha. Cant imagine the place without them

Thanks for the link Pete. Alot of good stuff there Ill see if I can get away with a simple setup first, if that fails than ill probably get the Lp1000 top setup.

[tassie_euro_mk1]

Well I have mock fitted the webers on the manifold and spend the whole arvo with the old man sorting out different throttle linkage setups. Decided to go with a Volvo 240 throttle linkage. Its a round unit which the throttle cable attaches to and it has its own return spring built in. Its a neat little setup that will sit between the two webers. Pics to come when I have the adjustable rod from the volvo part to the webers sorted

[cjay]

Cool Hula dancer

[huss]

man that engine is gonna sound and look beastly when done. Reminds me of South American passats haha

[tassie_euro_mk1]

well the webers are on and running. They still need tuning with a synchrometer though. Did the best we could without one. Seem to run fairly well, but it does need a better tune, hopefully this coming week. They sound great though Don't pay attention to where the fuel lines go at the moment. They are only taking that route temporarily. Will be cleaning up the engine bay from all the 30+ years of added on dodgy wiring.

[Peter Jones]

Very cool, plenty of room in there for a proper air filter setup.

[tassie_euro_mk1]

Yea Pete I was looking at a nice ITP air filter setup but the trumpets on cylinder 1 and 4 sit a bit close to the headlight and the strut tower, so instead I decided on some Pipercross socks. The socks make the induction noise very very nice, and addictive.
Here is a few pics

[huss]

That looks insanely good, 1.6L or 1.8L engine??

[Preen59]

Very neat mate. I like it.

[tassie_euro_mk1]

Cheers guys Its just your standard FN 1.6 engine. The motor had been rebuilt a little while back and it still has strong compression. When I had bought the webers they were set up for a 1.6 engine. Similar jets, chokes etc set up for the 1600 crossflow Cortinas. So I thought I would set the webers up the 1.6 purely for fun and curiosity. At the moment they are running lean and in need of a fine tune but it still goes fairly well

Will be getting a mk3 1.8 latter down the track though.

[dom123]

soooo retro dude love it!

[tassie_euro_mk1]

Thanks mate still a while to go for what I have in mind. Was planning on getting a nice retro steering wheel this week but my damn battery is so knackered and barely holds a charge, It struggles to start up those webers.

So little up date: new battery tomorrow haha