'80 Passat GLD

[Lukev85]

Not alot of them on the rd anymore. Dont give up on her just yet

If you do decide that enough is enough, keep it for parts

[Lukev85]

BTW Good to see another old skool passat owner

[Nick_80]

congrats on the new passat, like luke said, nice to see another old classic on the roads, depends on how handy you are at painting and how much ur wanting to spend, get sum 2 pac primer for round $80 bucks rub it back and give the car a full spray with a grey primer, will be enough to make it pass and the primer is water proof and you can paint it at a later stage... i donno, thats just my suggestion.. all depends if you've got all the right gear!

[BlackVr6ix]

if it appears to be rusty underneath go to your local parts store and get a 4l pot of underbody deadener and go to town on it.

Its worked for me before

[Lukev85]

If the rust is bad i can get my hands on a special rust killer. My old man gets it from the railways so its not available for retail.

Ive used heaps on my beetles in the past and just used the rest of it rustproofing the undercarrage of my 62.

Ill see if i can get more, ill let you know. Only prob is waiting till my dad gets his hands on it.

BTW Post some pics of your passats

[76Passat]

Thanks everyone - I won't give up yet then.

I'll see if I can find time to take some decent photos this weekend and post.

[76Passat]

Ok, here's a photo of it. The paint isn't really quite this glossy, I just washed it for the photo and it's still wet. And yes, I used rain water from my tank, just in case the Brisbane City Council water patrol reads this...