The DeadBuilt Coupe (1985 Jetta Coupe)

[DasTaco]

dude this thing is gonna be dope! love the color combo on the engine!

[woody89]

It seems like pre-facelift A4 door handles would almost suit the square body better. That being said, it's hard to fault the the facelift rounded ones you have on there now.

Yeah, they look good, a lot of mk2 guys run them actually.

I've always liked the cup mirrors for mk2s, and always liked these handles. So they should compliment each other nicely.

[DeltaAlpha9]

It seems like pre-facelift A4 door handles would almost suit the square body better. That being said, it's hard to fault the the facelift rounded ones you have on there now.

[hinrichs]

totally forgot you were building this, looks good so far.

[woody89]

Got the engine bay painted. Not as perfect as I wanted all the body work, but I'm just ready to focus on other things on the car. Engine bay was making me **** this build.

[woody89]

I'm horrible at providing lots of updates to this build. I've been scattered on working on things.

I've got the engine bay about ready for primer/paint. Laid a couple coats of spray filler on it the other day. I've finished shaving and working the handle on the drivers door. Began cleaning up the trunk some and mocking up the layout for the air ride and fuel cell. Plan to do fresh paint on the rear towers and build a false floor for the bottom. Also got some gold trim for my small bumpers. I'll try to post more updates with pictures as I go. I mostly just post pictures on instagram (@deadbuilt_woody) as I'm a pretty busy person and don't frequent forums like I used to.





(hard to notice the gold in pictures)

[99sil-teg]

Looks dope so far man, keep it coming

[kittenpuncher]

Love the coupe man keep the updates coming.

[woody89]

Hey woody, y no invite to come help and drink beer?

People always say this but never show up after invited. Feel free to, my # is 502-386-5147

[woody89]

Guess you're right Marc, updates...

I went on a shopping spree for the mk2 a few weeks back. I ordered a lot of stuff for the motor so it's ready to begin mocking everything up once bodywork/paint is finished. Mostly been cutting out rust and patching pieces lately. Laid a lot of filler on various things tonight also.

Threw the new seats in to get an idea how they would look. They're replicas, could give two ****s less.


Some progress on the rear end.


Drivers side wiper filler piece. Going mono wiper, no ugly plug cap here.


Laid some color on my mirrors to see what I thought of it. I really enjoy the color.

[JPizzle]

great progress so far. Can't wait to se more!

[Shaun708]

Hey woody, y no invite to come help and drink beer?

[woody89]

Still mocking up the motor some. Waiting on head bolts so I can get it back together. Been painting things, ordering parts, etc... Tore the tank and rear beam out this weekend. Cleaning up the underside and repairing some rust.

[phenom]

The end product is going to be soooo nice. subbed for more

[woody89]

yeah well it can't be to complicated, i had the idea from seeing it done in some old magazines, so can't be to hard, but that was a time before build threads…i think the only trouble will be fixing it up to existing inside door handle (don't know if your keeping OEM door cards) and also its gotta fit in without blocking the window mechanism

Nope, I will be making my own door cards. I still wouldn't imagine much troubles if you were keeping oem door cards

Mocked up some of the motor, getting ideas for things.