Fall Cleaning?

Getting down and dirty with the Cabby today... scrubbing and getting the engine bay sparkling clean. Today Arch had the pleasure of Rex's company.

(Pics by Jan)

Cabby Feature

The cabby is coming along real nice... it's getting easier to imagine how it will look completed... the wheels definitely add a bit of something. An old school touch to the look of the car.

(Photos by Jan & Arch)

The Wheels

Yeah... that's right... G60 Steelies. Nice.

(Photo by Jan)

The Man

This guy has torn this MK1 Cabby down to the bare minimum and has been able to put everything back together (with the focus of a surgeon) with ease, using all options available to him: the web, the junkyard, parts from the MK2, etc. And with no garage! In the heat & in the cold. Incredible! Thought he could use a post all his own. :) -J

(Photo by Jan)

Road Trip

On a whim, we decided to take a road trip up to NGP Racing in Aberdeen, Maryland for a MOMA Steering Wheel Hub Adaptor... cost? $80.56. Experience of a quick road trip for some cool MK1 Cabby parts? Priceless.

The best part about the trip being that neither one of us decided to bring our cell phones with us (we couldn't call NGP Racing to get the address), nor did we look up the address before we left... but thanks to Arch's steel trap of a memory, we were able to find our way there, 10 minutes before closing!

And added bonus? We got to see some cool VWs for sale... -J

(Photos by Jan)

Update...

Sorry for not having posted anything in a while, but there has been a lot of waiting on the machine shop, buying of parts, waiting on parts, returning parts, re-ordering parts, searching for the best price on tires, etc. While in the midst of that, Arch had been working rust spots around the windshield; got to cleaning up the car as well... still a way to go, but the work that has been done so far is amazing. -J

The Stall

Well, Arch has been doing things here and there, but things are at a bit of a standstill right now, due to the ABA motor... the one we had dropped off at C & C Machine shop needs new pistons... and the second one we picked up from the junkyard needs new ones as well...just our luck. So, we are taking our time with this and looking to purchase new pistons, which may cost up to $700.

Took some time today to organize some parts from the MK2...

(Pics by Jan)

Rear Door Card

Arch cleaned up the leather on the rear door cards and they turned out like new.

(Photo by Jan)

Dash

Arch got to putting some of the switches back into the dash...coming together real nicely.

(Photos by Jan)

Front Driver's Seat

Took seat from the MK11 to see if it would fit in the MK1... it does... looks pretty good too.

(Photos by Jan)

Center Console

Switched out the old, white center console for a black one found on VW Vortex, fit with an old school tape cassette holders. Check it out!

(Photos by Jan)

Door Cards

Found door cards from a wrecked Cabby (at the Junkyard): the backing material was warped and pretty much damaged, but solved that with a trip to home depot for some new backing board material. Ripped old stuff out and used it as a template to create a new door card. Got crafty by purchasing some foam from Joanns Fabrics, before deciding the new look was a bit "puffy" looking and not flat enough... so, Arch disassembled the current project and started from scratch with some new material found at Auto Zone: the result? Check out the pics... as you can see, a lot of hard work went into each part of putting these door cards back together. Quality and time make a huge difference. Hopefully these things will last for quite a while.

(Photos by Jan)

Transmission installed with new engine mounts and brand new shift linkage and bushings from Techtonics Tuning..."Pretty..."

(Photos by Jan)

Presto Change-O!

Dirty

Cleaned with Purple Power and a toothbrush! Talk about dirty work...

Final result: used Dupli-Color engine paint to make the transmission really "shine."

(Photos by Arch)