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)

Suspension

Found a wrecked Cabriolet at the junkyard and to our surprise, it had Bilstein struts with H&R springs! Talk about great find! Brought it home, cleaned it up, put it back together with new bump stops and strut tower bushings. Looks new. Saved a lot of money :) In addition, we were able to install Arch's (the MKIIs) used, but in good shape, rotors, calipers and pads.

(Photos by Arch)

Huge Thanks

Big thanks to Aardema for lending us the hoist to pull/install the engines...Thank you!

Polyurethane Bushings

Manual steering rack and new control arm bushings installed! One more step closer...

(Photos by Arch)

Arch Don't Mess Around... He Pulls Everything and Starts From Scratch

Prepping the MK2 for the VR6...more to come...

(Photos by Arch)

Patiently Awaiting Return of Our ABA

Got around to removing the dash and knee bar for installation of manual transmission pedal assembly (from automatic).
-Installed clutch cable and manual transmission spedometer cable, as well as removal of the airbag computer (race rabbits dont need airags....).
The weather was nice and hot as usual (with it being the middle of August and all!), but was still able to get the work done (a big thank you to Dasani water and Monster energy drinks! Ha. )

(Photos by Arch)

Sold the Flares and Bumpers...

Kind of sad to see parts of a car go away, but we didn't need them and they went home with someone planning to put them to good use on a Rabbit... nice!

No More Fender Flares and Bumpers!

What a difference... already giving insight into how neat this Cabby is going to end up looking...

(Photos by Jan)

What a Difference!

Look at the engine compartment now! It's so clean you could eat off of it! Can definitely tell how much time Arch put into cleaning this thing...

(Photo by Jan)

Trip to the Machine Shop

It's time to be machined...some parts of the engine (from MK1 and MK2) were dropped off at

C & C Automotive in Manassas, VA off of Centreville Road, since they seemed to be the only quality machine shop left running in the area. Should be about a month before we are able to bring these babies back home...

(Photos by Arch)

Update...

We've been busy searching and collecting parts: Craigslist, VWVortex and junk yards... finally located an ABA out of the Baltimore area... picked-it up, but now what? Keep checking in to see what is next :)

Nice Photo Op!

(Photo by Jan)

A Toilet Brush Does an Engine Compartment Good

Today we started clean-up of the engine compartment: what a difference Simple Green, a toilet brush, three sponges, a nail brush, dish brush, water hose, elbow grease and patience will do! What a difference...great job, Arch! -J

(Photos by Jan)

Removal... of a lot!

Well, started to remove a lot of things in the engine compartment... including the engine! -J

(Photos by Jan)