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Project "Ultimate 1983 Rabbit GTI"
Videos

 

Index of Project web pages

Project Overview, Goals & Initial design specs
Project car initial condition
Chassis development
Engine & Transmission
Electrical & Fuel System
Bodywork
Paint
Interior
Performance validation
VW Vortex Thread on this project
Videos
My original 1983 Rabbit GTI (owned 1983-1987)

 

I will be documenting my whole project on video here, beginning to end:

 

Part 1 (intro) - February 1, 2013

 

 

Part 2 (building a frame to flip the car) - February 8, 2013

 

 

Part 3 (engine development at Mark's VW Service, Amity, Oregon) - February 15, 2013

 

 

Part 4 (a review of the exterior seam sealer removal process/rust inspection) - February 22, 2013

 

 

Part 5 (a review of the interior seam sealer removal process/rust inspection) - March 14, 2013

 

Part 6 (showing the rolling chassis stand, the test mounting of the aftermarket inner & outter fenders, and the initial engine bay smoothing process) - April 6, 2013

 

Part 7 (showing the process to clean up the original OEM fenders, given that the aftermarket ones were poor fitting and could not be used) - April 10, 2013

 

Part 8 (showing the process of welding in the upper/inner fenders and relating metalwork in the front engine bay area, as well as the initiation of the engine bay smoothing task) - May 4, 2013

 

Part 9 (Completing the metalwork in the front engine bay area, the completion of the engine bay smoothing task, and the initiation of the front-to-rear frame connector welding process) - May 19, 2013

 

 

Part 10 (Completing the welding of the front-to-rear frame connectors, floor pans, additional OEM floor pan bracing, and new 'lift points') - June 9, 2013

 

Part 11 (Having a look at the beautiful and extremely light weight carbon fibre body panels and bumpers made by LWS Design for this project. I am super impressed with their customer service as they hand delivered everything to me at the London Heathrow airport before 7am at no charge! The full set of scratch resistance polycarbonate windows will ship separately later this summer) - June 19, 2013 ...

 

 

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