1980 B1 Passat Project

[Peter Jones]

Got the colour rubbed back today, if the weather holds we'll be spraying the clear tomorrow.

Pete

[Preen59]

..............

[Peter Jones]

2/3 of the way through the clear now. A few kamikaze bugs have decided to immortalise themselves in the clear, but no biggies so far.

Pete

[Peter Jones]

Exhausted now, I was spraying that clear for hours today.

Did the bumpers too.

Put a few bits back on already.

Entered it in DOVW! Next weekend's gonna be busy! 3 cars to prep.














Oh, did I mention that the headlights are a common part that you can still buy new?

It's an unusual setup, the outers are low beam and parkers only and the inners are the high beam.



Front grill has a silver paint strip that needed re-doing.



I'm not going to bother making anything work for DOVW, just enough so I can drive it off the trailer.

Pete

[Preen59]

Looking good, Pete. Really good.

[greasykitchen]

Good to see the progress.

And I spy a beetle in the background

[Preen59]

And I spy a beetle in the background

Me too.. 1500?

[Jarred]

Me too.. 1500?

36HP! all the way. hopefully it'll be ready for next years DOVW aye Pete?!

Passats looking good!

[Peter Jones]

That beetle's been in the background for way too long

The pan is done and we have most of the bits now, it's a '59, semaphores, big back window, "snow flake" tail lights and 36 glorious horsepower.

Pete

[hiho]

Beautiful work Pete, well done!