weld 1984 Rabbit to 1981 vw truck

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Re: weld 1984 Rabbit to 1981 vw truck

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Nice silver Rabbit. What kind of sunroof is that? (I want one for my '91 Jetta. )
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Not sure what brand the sunroof is I bought it off craigslist. That is somthing I wouldnt do again. It leaks.
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still Imageworking on the truck here are a few more pics. Imagekp.jpg[Image/IMG]ImageIMG]Image
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Looks like you're coming along nicely.

I'll have to admit when I first saw the title of the post and I checked the date (April 1st), I thought it smelled a little fishy :wink: . But it looks like a pretty ambitious project. Good job.
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That would have been a great April fools joke>>. It has been a big project but very fun. I have to watch how much time I spend in the garage or the wife get a little upset if i am out there to much. I am sure you guys know what I am talking about. :D
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now's the time to put in solid steel mud flaps and flares behind those rear tires.... :wink:
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I will be painting this weekend I will try to show some pics.
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Image The new paint camr out great!!!
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So did the bodywork! Looks great
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I'm impressed! Reminds me of my old one (same color) but your paint is nicer
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This has been a big project it was fun but I will never try this again. I had a lot of time tied up out in the garage and I used a lot of vacation days from work. I do have damn good bragging rights now that I cut the two of them and welded back together. The truck did come out nice, you can't tell it was welded.
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I would love to see someone make a crew cab pickup. I'm not saying that you should have or anything like that, but it would be a unique vehicle when it's done. Though to properly finish the inside it would take some custom interior work to get the area behind the rear doors to look nice. I can do mechanical work, but can't seem to get things right when trying to do bodywork. To me, the work you can do on the body of a car is pure art. Well done!
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82vdub wrote:I would love to see someone make a crew cab pickup.
I agree..Well done. But your comment of making a crew cab has allot of merit. All I think needed would be a 2 door for parts and use the windows from a toyota or nissan crew cab with about 3-4 inches of the surrounding metal around them. I think the rest of the sheet metal could be scavenged from the 2 door rabbit.
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A few more pic I found on my welded truck
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