1978 Rabbit Refresh

[Frank C]

After H2O this year I felt that Its time to clean up the bay. Motor is leaking oil from many places and its not very tidy.

Also I want to upgrade a few things.

Before




Working.





This is old


New Parts


Also going to use an 02A Tranny.

[Evil Panda]

So awesome.

[Nuts]

Love these Rabbits!!

[Queef|Chief]

Wow this is sick. Love the color man

[Steve.]

You have my attention. Always been a fan of your Rabbit

[StanceDatSucka]

the colour fit the car just right!

[Frank C]

Off to bodyshop

Got these AH exclusive coils





Made some progress.

Working on the trans.
Plate some parts so they look good and don't rust.
Powdercoated trans case

Bay is coming along











Maybe some new wheels for the car.



Paint today I am told


Got the alternator back together after powdercoating


Picked up a coolant flange from INA and modded it a bit.

I wanted to use the factory O ring instead of a flat gasket so I milled a slot for it.


Also since this is a little showish I went with all 12 point polished stainless ARP hardware to assemble the trans and most of the bits bolted on the engine.

[Drmkiii]

Can I ask where you go the polished ARPs?

[Raarasutra]

that color! <3 <3

[Oh Damn, it's Sam]

that color! <3 <3

Indeed!

[cdiddydo]

in for this, good inspiration for my on going big turbo 1.8t mk2

[alexmarkclark]

when you say refresh do you mean make a show car into an even better show car? this thing was already fresh

[Frank C]

Final paint


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[kittenpuncher]

please keep us updated...also do you have a more comprehensive build thread on another forum as well?

[CubbyChowder]

Damn, you're doing things right. Going to look amazing all back together, keep it up.