What Passat's do you own...

[Water Boy]

Hey fellow dubbers,

I was just woundering what early Passat's you guys own... Like TS's etc...

Is it like Golf's Mk1, Mk2, Mk3, Mk4 and Mk5...

Love to see some pics and some spec....

Cheers James

[Water Boy]

There has to be some hardcore passat owners out there...

Dont leave me hanging out to dry...

James

[auditwmba]

Water Boy,

My wife and I have had a number of Passats over the years. I started in a '76 sedan which I modded with a Weber, GTI oil cooler and 13x6 wheels - it would pull 136 km/hr in third gear! I fitted a TS grill to the front and, with spot-lights, would pump out more than 800 watts of light - I up-graded the alternator to a 80 amp unit from an air-conditioned Fox. My wife drove a '77 GLS (imported) wagon. Both car travelled 200K km plus before being replaced.

Good reliable (if outwardly dull) cars - great cars just the same.

These days, we have a Audi A4 quattro Avant and a (gasp) VW Country Buggy. This is a rare-ish car that I am slowly restoring.

regards

Rob

[Volksfolks]

yeh i have a olde ts and a 1999 wb v6, nice

[PassatB6]

Hey fellow dubbers,

I was just woundering what early Passat's you guys own... Like TS's etc...

Is it like Golf's Mk1, Mk2, Mk3, Mk4 and Mk5...

Love to see some pics and some spec....

Cheers James

I owned a 1974 1300 L 2 door mustard colour (with round lights) Good motor pretty spartan but a great car. I now own a 2.0T 2006 Passat wagon. Also a good machine. The '74 was hit by a Ford Cortina which pretty much disintegrated its front end on impact. I drove away with a slightly dented panel. The '74 1500 won Wheels car of the year.

[passatwagon18t]

I own 75 passat wagon and i drive it everyday and i think its an awsome car
it's got 17x7 s lowered standered body only got 140,000 from new big 2l with twin dells, big cam ,balanced etc.They are a great car when you sort them out especially the gear shifts well on the early ones.

[phaeton]

We had Sir Dub or also known as Sardine (due to being a bomb) which was a White 1975 Passat Wagon with auto transmission

Pity its trans and engine was stuffed body was in great shape

[Water Boy]

Sweet guys... People have owned early passat's and currnet passat's but has any one owned a 80's model....

Also i would love to see some pics of your car's too...

James

[h100vw]

I had loads of 80s Passats. The ones built from 87 onwards. Mainly GT wagons. I had a 2 litre 16V, several 1.8 GTs and 2 litre GLs and the best one the GT G60 Syncro.

Old 1.8 GT, paid 62 quid for it with 6 months rego. The roadworthy cost me 50. as it failed on a pair of wiper blades!!!


The syncro


The important bit, the back axle.....

[vinderliker]

I have a '74 LS that I am doing some mods on. Saw two nice LS's for sale on a couple of the internet car sales sights. When I have a clearer mind I'll post the links.

James

[V8quattro]

I had a B2 1982 Passat GL, privately imported from Berlin as a special order (German spec, but RHD) as the guy knew he was emigrating and wanted to bring in a new duty-free car with him. It had a single foglight in the left tail light cluster (for LHD cars) but was RHD. I even had a copy of a letter he sent VW Germany complaining that he'd failed the ACT rego check cos the headlights low beam cut-off was set for right-hand (LHD) traffic!

It was a strange looking thing, a kind-of fastback but I always seem to go for the orphans so I liked it. I found a new Kamei front spoiler at a VW show and fitted a set of ATS rims. It looked pretty good at the end. Also got a 1.8-litre engine out of a wrecked B2 imported from Sth Africa. My car was totalled by a later owner. It's history now.


I later owned a 1991 B3 Passat GL 16v that was a TKM company car. TKM brought in 15 or so cars and then decided not to bring in any more. It cost me $24,000 in January 1993, with about 11,000km on it. It was the closest thing to a new VW I could buy at that point - all the GTIs were sold and I didn't want a Cabrio.

It was an interesting car cos it was rare (but I got sick of the 'hoverers' on freeways who would roost in my blind spot for ages gawping at the Passat) but not really anything special now I look back. The engine lacked torque and the crap fuel we had back then meant that the ECU was stepping back timing, cos it went nothing like the claims I read for UK or US cars.

How things have changed for VW... in the early '90s you'd really notice any remotely new VWs, now they're everywhere!

[76Passat]

I think this thread is long dead, but since I've just joined the forum this week I had to mention my 76 Passat LS sedan. It's been in the family since near new, went from Brisbane to country Victoria with my sister for a few years till she went o/seas, then none of us in the family could bear to see it go, so I drove it back up to Bris and have been gradually restoring it. Nothing's really wrong with it, just needs interior trim work and maybe a paint job if I'm keen, although some cut 'n' polish would probably sort the existing paint out. It's got a perfectly reliable engine (after I put an elect ignition on it), has A/C (an under dash unit Mum put in there in desperation during one particularly hot summer back in the mid '80s) and a new set of shocks which restored the handling to its former glory. As soon as I get some time I'll post some pics of it.

[Biggles_downunder]

I've just bought a second hand 2003 V6 Passat - only had it a couple of weeks so am still learning all of its features, but so far am very, very happy!

[76Passat]

Finally got around to taking a photo of my '76 LS - here it is:

[vinderliker]

Fantastic. Have a look at my VBPicGallery. I should take some pics of my interior. I am also getting ready to give it a good cut and polish with a buffer. The new SEAT engine that Golf Loon put in, and then I did some tuning work goes like a train. My next project is a 32/36 Holley carb and a sports exhaust, a real wolf in sheep's clothing.