Print

[greggearhead]

We'll see - I doubt either one will pan out, but fingers crossed.

[LOS]

That Audi looks like the same type that swank had a few years ago. And that dasher is the same brown your old one was. Lol  where are they located? 

[greggearhead]

Audi is actually different than Swanks - his was older and cooler.  That one uses a standard 4cyl (so swaps are easy) and is in the Pacific NW. 

The Dasher is actually more of a Reddish hue, and is in Kansas.  Rust is my only concern on that one.  Well, both, really.  But the Audi is cooler, and its gas already, so a 1.8 or 2.0 8V swap would drop in with almost no work.  The 5spd I have would fit to, with a little massaging. 

Gonna be a Papa so I am gonna need 4 drs! 

[Scott]

Dude.... crew cab Quantum pickup project... just like this one (obviously with the extra doors):




Link to the project for this car in case anyone is curious... plus this has been on topic fo rlong enough, time to veer off course a bit:  http://www.motorgeek.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=21424

[greggearhead]

Well shoot - white one sold today for less than $1000. 

I don't wanna roll my own - if I was gonna put that much work into a crew cab, I'd make one from a vanagon. 

[LOS]

Cool, you are gonna be a papa?  Congrats!  That Dasher is cool... or you could go back to a quantum or maybe even a b3 wagon...

[sad_rocc]

Rock a squareback!

[greggearhead]

If I sell my panel van, I would consider a 411 or 412 wagon, but I am looking for a water-pumper for now.  Looking for something a bit different, really. 

[Southcross]

the White Audi... was that Casey's Audi Fox GTI?  Looks familiar

[snoopy]

Rock a squareback!

OH man... I bought a squareback once, it was while I lived in Santa Cruz.  I was under the impression you couldn't live in Santa Cruz without an air-cooled dub.

[LOS]

A Squareback is probably the only aircooled dub I would ever get.  That thing looks sexy.

[snoopy]

Notchback.  Those are better.  Picture that, but a 2-dr coupe.  Kinda like a 2-dr jetta.  Freakin sweet.

[MrGhia]

ya have fun finding a notch back and then pay out the nose for it and then find parts and by that time bye bye $$  trust me i have a ghia
 air-cooled r great but the rear ones are very pricey to buy and work on as im sure you already know
i would love to try a aircooled with a water pumper in it not a whole lot of them Rollin around

[snoopy]

Here's a notchback.  This one isn't as pimp as it could be.  But still cool

[LOS]

Ive been in Mikes notch before.  Notch's are cool, but I still think the square back is cooler.

[greggearhead]

the White Audi... was that Casey's Audi Fox GTI?  Looks familiar

Nope - Fox GTi's were 2dr, and most were Silver, if not all.  Same CHassis and basic style, though. 

I tripped over a Rabbit Project this morning while bringing the Vanagon Syncro home.  1981 and a special edition.  Ed - can you guess what it is?  I thought it was a GTI from a distance.  Worst part with a quick lookover is the damage to the left rear qtr.  Might learn bodywork...  We'll see.

[snoopy]

  PIX

[greggearhead]

Its a Syncro - its supposed to be that tall.  It might even get taller.

[MrGhia]

  very nice if i got a Vanagon it would be a Syncro
is it a camper or just a transporter

[greggearhead]

Just a people hauler-  I'll modify the interior a bit later on.  PLan is to find a Subie 2.5 and throw it in there.  Maybe get another Vanagon (2wd) later and put a WRX in it. 

Oh - and notchbacks aren't rare.  NSU's are rare.  Had 2 of'em. 

[Southcross]

the White Audi... was that Casey's Audi Fox GTI?  Looks familiar

Nope - Fox GTi's were 2dr, and most were Silver, if not all.  Same CHassis and basic style, though. 

I tripped over a Rabbit Project this morning while bringing the Vanagon Syncro home.  1981 and a special edition.  Ed - can you guess what it is?  I thought it was a GTI from a distance.  Worst part with a quick lookover is the damage to the left rear qtr.  Might learn bodywork...  We'll see.

haha.... you found an 81 RabbitS?

[greggearhead]

Yep.  Silver with Blue interior.  Little rough around the edges, though.

[Southcross]

Yep.  Silver with Blue interior.  Little rough around the edges, though.

couldn't be much worse than mine

[greggearhead]

Heh - no, but the wiring is a little sketchy and the left C-pillar has some damage.  Interior really isn't bad. 

[snoopy]

I've got a gallon of base/clear silbergrau metalic pearl (the 08-through current BMW light silver) sitting on a shelf.  Its just the base-coat, you'll need the clear and reducers...but its available.

[scurvy_bandit]

i know a guy with a blue and silver fiberglass hood haha You should put the leftover racecar parts in the rabbit S

[greggearhead]

Believe me, I am thinkin about it already.  =)

[scurvy_bandit]

paint scallops on it too.

[greggearhead]

I don't wanna be a copycat.  Someone in the club has already laid claim to scallops.  And I ain't talkin seafood. 


Hmm.  I wonder if a 1.6 8V could give a 2.0 16V a run for its money...  =)

[sad_rocc]

I know Eric S. used to have a Heron block floating around his garage. I'd be surprised if it wasn't still sitting on a floor somewhere, although by now there's a possibility he's done something with it.

[Southcross]

I know Eric S. used to have a Heron block floating around his garage. I'd be surprised if it wasn't still sitting on a floor somewhere, although by now there's a possibility he's done something with it.

nah... he spent some rediculous ammount of money to have it rebuilt, dropped it into his VW fox wagon, then sold it

[SwiftMKIII]

Here you go.  A project
http://cosprings.craigslist.org/ctd/1693803839.html

...or 2
http://cosprings.craigslist.org/cto/1674223496.html

[greggearhead]

No and no. 

The bitch selling the vanagon - I offered to fix some of the starting problems for her for free, and look over the rest of the stuff it had going on for free when she bought it.  She conned the dealer into doing it.  When she whined about not having good enough tires to transport her child, I offered some HD rated good-tread tires on vanagon wheels at less than cost to her.  She never responded. 

She posted it for sale for $300 and I told her I would take it.  Cash.  She responded saying she'd been offered $750 and I needed to top that offer.  I said no thanks. 

Later, she emailed and asked if I would pay $400.  I said sure - she told me to call her later. 

Fuck that.  I don't allow myself to be shiestered.  It might still be a good deal, but I'll pass.