The guy on Facebook is doing a fantastic job. I noticed he just finished his transaxle. I don't read German but am curious to what he did. I wish I knew how to paint to get that pretty finish on the outside.
I've been much slower in my own Golf 16v project. There seems to be other things which always take priority, time, and funds. In the last two years I've slowly progressed with the rebuilding of an AGB code 5 speed close ratio gearbox that I had rebuilt by BrokeVW. I also had a Peloquin LSD that I'd had on a shelf for about 10 years installed. I have another project car which I thought was done but ended up returning to the garage so my 16V is pushed back once again. The AGB allows me to use the more robust 100mm flanges. Now have to get new drive shafts. I was also able to get the .80 fifth gear installed in the AGB. Lots of freeway driving here in SoCal. So the taller fifth will keep the driving duties a bit more relaxed at freeway speeds rather than that high pitched engine whine. (Better gas mileage too) Most recently I found an entire key/ignition cylinder kit for the MKII Golf. Its a chinese make so quality is suspect. But i cant find anymore of the german/brazilian kits that were once so plentiful. I'm going to rekey everything so the car has only one set of keys. ( including the glove box). Currently sporting three different keys. The complete Kit was around $30, far less expensive than a locksmith. I'm still in search of replacement rear window seals. I did find a nice pair of rain gutters in Northern California that made it into my parts bin. I've also been slowly collecting and entire interior including headliner. I've did find a source for front window seals for vintage VWs including my short window '85 GL With the empty body shell currently in the garage, I've toyed with adding additional sound deadening material. I've been in a discussion with the Vortex project guys who are tackling this very issue on their MKII project GL. Also contemplating heat insulation on the firewall between the body and the downpipe. Anybody done this on their 16V cars? In addition, interested parties gave me an old Autoloc window lift/power door lock kit, a Clifford alarm kit, and an old NOS Alpine alarm system, all still in their respective boxes. Old aftermarket items from that MKII era. That goes into the pile of Kenwood audio equipment that was previously given to me for this project. Eventually I'll get around to installing it if I decide to use it. Still undecided if I should add the vacuum actuated VW power door locks or use the Autoloc aftermarket switches. Both can be integrated into the key fob of either alarm system. If your interested, my project blog gets updated occasionally when I actually make progress. Sometimes that can be a long time between posts http://mkiigolfproject.blogspot.com -Les On Jul 18, 2014 12:26 PM, "Larry Velez" <[email protected]> wrote: > This set of three videos shows pictures of a full restoration of a 16V > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeMuq8OKYGQ > > Here is the guy's facebook page: > https://www.facebook.com/pages/Golf-2-GTI-16V-Neuaufbau/721461831223303 > > I wonder how much money in parts and bodywork/paint went into this > restoration. > > Inspiring. How does one learn to do all this... > > -Larry > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list For list archives, see listinfo link above.
