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Nice, VERY nice. That would give me LOTS of ideas.

Good eye, on spotting that crack. 1.5s are nice but they lack the torque of a 1.6. I'd say find a 1.6 block. The injection pump bracket from the 1.5 won't match with the 1.6 alternator bracket but you might be abale to dril a hole and weld a nut where the 1.6 hole is. The '79 has the fusebox with t...

How about a pic of the car? It never even occurred to me to take a pic of it. It is stored off at a friends place right now..... It was kind of a 'stealth' purchase.... :shock: I truly thought it would just need a gasket or a head at most... :oops: :oops: I guess I should have looked MUCH closer......

Actually, I forgot to mention that it had a Bentley manual in the car! Options: 1- Cut losses and get rid of it. 2- Find a different engine (as you stated ) a- good used runner b- used engine to rebuild c- rebuilt engine ready to go I have to do more research. I need to read up to see how much of th...

I had a chance to look at it a bit more today. I brought along a digital camera to try to see if I could see the block casting. The good: :D I ended up digging in the glove box and under the seats. Amazing what kind of stuff you can find to tell its history. It looks like this Rabbit at one point in...

Wow. That is a very interesting project indeed! (I never knew the rear axle could do that.... bolts break. Now I'm wondering about the old Rabbit I just bought.....)

Project: 1978 VW Rabbit 4 door Diesel History Just purchased off local Craigslist as a non running car. PO overheated and blew the headgasket. Owner took car apart, saw the 'cracks' in the head and decided to get rid of it. Odometer lists 05xxx.0 miles (so it could be 105,000 or 205,000 or more!) Se...