We can rebuild it. 91 Golf

[ASD]

^^that
and great work so far. at this rate its gonna be very tidy

[Zic]

mmm i like, hope you have done alot of progress. that means alot of pictures, we all like pictures you know.

[renngolf]

This was also replicated for the passenger side inner brace.


The inner fenders were also stripped out, stitch welded seams, seam sealed, rust bulleted and painted with rocker guard.





Certain parts of the rails, especially the corners and the seam that joins the firewall to the floor was treated with some rust bullet prior to primer.

[renngolf]

I picked up a battery tray and a pair of rear quarters for the car off http://www.typ-17.de
The stock one is held in by a number of spot welds that need to be drilled out.







Got to stripping the bay.






Numerous oem holes were patched, rust cut out etc.







The whole time I was praying that the bolts wouldn't brake or have the threads strip.
The two rear sub frame bolts thread into a sort of threaded cap that is welded to the body.
The only way to get to them is cutting the floors from the inside and welding them back on if they happen to break off.

[renngolf]

These are the initial engine bay shots.




Interior


Started with removing the hood, taking off the rotted front crossmember and rad support.
Bolt heads for the front rebar/crossmember were severely rusted, it was a real pain in the ass to get them off you had to continually downsize the size from metric to imperial and hammer the socket on before trying it again. Forget air tools.



Removed more stuff from the bay, brake booster, cables, bay harness, brake hardlines etc.


Rusted battery tray


Found this when I took off the fenders. You can see the hood support bracket there too. Not too safe.


Removed the Dash, HVAC box, fusebox, meters worth of ghetto speaker wiring.

[renngolf]

I've always been a fan of mk2's and been looking for an opportunity to pick up a project. Last year it came as a tornado red 91 Golf CL. I bought it off a vwvortex member near Waterloo. It's had numerous previous owners starting in Nova Scotia, making its way to Ontario, sitting in a field for two years and finally me for a whopping $150.

These are the pics of the original FS ad.






The motor/tranny were gone. The interior was ripped apart, all the seats and headliner smelled like mold from sitting outside for so long. Both rear drums were seized, the rear quarters needed replacing, the subframe/suspension/rear beam/brakes all looked like they come off the titanic. I was told the main fuel pump and the intermediate pump were dead. None of the door latches worked and the rear hatch was rotted along the window seal.

However it was a two door, it had no power steering, no ac, no sunroof. All the things I wanted. The floors were solid and it didn't have the famous mk2 windshield surround rot.
The guy said if I didn't buy he was going to send it off to get scrapped. You see less and less of these on the road here so I bought it. The owner had a flatbed and for a small gas fee was able to tow it to my place the next week.

Con't