Jens, after 4 years of this project, she fired right up :)

waiting on ultra slim line fan.....fine tuning.... new rubber on the current wheels, spacers, door seals, block off plate for hatch popper.... then DRIVE :D

and then..........................

PICS!!!!

well, whenever someone wants to post pics ........... they can :tongue: :D

bwahahahahaha - yeah i gotta get my girl one of those shirts ;) :D

gonna be sick, rma ftw

So, what event do I really, really not want to miss? :rolleyes:

hahahah Steve is following me :)

thanks for the love man, I saw the thread you created before it got deleted.
hahahah :D

/\ /\ Well? /\ /\ I wanna be there when you push it in... Louise that is... :D

:d

please say you're gonna bring Louise to h2o this year

OH hell yes! :thumbup:

schweet, what about mk1madness?

i have no plans to attend ... how about you?

i'm hopin to head up sunday just to check it out, never been and would love to spend some time checkin out mk1's and chattin with people

that's that gay DCI event right?

Yeah I am not sure if I will be stuck working in NW Mass or not (where I am currently at). Sounds like so much fun tho! :)

Jaap, I am not sure if they are gay or not - but I can tell you that Esher has always been nice to me :)

...do you think he likes me?? :D

Esher is the gay-est of them all.. the only straight guys in that club are the dutch members... well... some of them :lmao:

good clean family fun....hahahah :D

haha I always love driving by the DCI house at h2o

watch out for tapeballs though :D

:eek: :D

yeah I dont think he likes me at all :(

I'll probably be seeing Louise tomorrow after I'm done going down to campus(PSU Harrisburg) for an advising meeting :D

Gotta take Ryan some pictures of the truck and chat about what to do

Nice :D

Man...........If I wasnt on call on Saturday and didnt have to work Monday and wasnt 350 miles away..... I would drive down.... then again... RMA is closed on the weekends........ Hey do you know something I dont know bro? :confused:

HHAHAHA :D

Yeah my stupid 2 inch thick rad fan should be there Monday...... Can't wait!!!

Please let me know what Ryan comes up with for ya :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

we got things kinda ready to roll, i'm gonna be taking the truck down to bare metal over the next month or so, probably put in the new bed floor, shave the doors, and do the drivers side floor pan, then take it down to him for the passenger bed side patch, shave a few things i'm not comfortable doin, and engine bay, then i'll take it back, get some more stuff done then back down to him for paint and a few other random things, gonna take a while but it'll be worth it, i definitely will have a bunch of questions for you about the engine and stuff, i spent a bunch of time staring at yours for some ideas :thumbup:

wow that really sounds like a great plan ... damn I wish I had a place to even get things going.. which has been my problem all along.

Please let me know whatever I can do to help ya out. ;)

Honestly I wouldn't have been suprised if Ryan swore off MK1's FOREVER after going through what I've been putting him through with Louise :D

haha nah, they just got a first gen camaro though that he seemed pretty excited about

and i'll definitely be hitting you up when it's time to start on the motor

I will offer what help I can bro ;)

ignition & electrical issues are teh suck

why do you say that, like we dont know all about it?!
my dirty secret: noone in the universe has a bigger mess of cables in a smaller spot than me.
i can send you a pic of it as pm, its too embarrassing to post it on the net..:-(

hahhaha
sorry Jens - i honestly dont think i want to see your wires as ive seen enough to last a lifetime :)

btw.... she runs ;) :D

CONGRATS!!!!!
idle is stable? any leaks?
how does she sound??
like a cat or like a lion?? :D
how are you going to break her in :confused:
maybe a small pic of the engine???

i've seen the engine, it's gorgeous, trust me

New page bump :)

finally got a tdi! best part is i am doing all the work myself this time ;)
...well atleast I know where to get some super high quality body & paint work done now ;) :D

Already ordered new euro head lamps as the current ones are cracked to shit...

I am going to get a set of wheels that I already have finished and swap some rubber on them as I am already rolling on a donut ;)

just ordered some coilovers too! Now I gotta roll the fenders....

w000t!

:D

Epic day folks.
Yes it is true. I drove the 78.
Rebuilt steering rack needs to be checked.... carbs tuned....chrome skid plate needs to be removed so i can run the wheels for this season.

And if you dont already know... its been over 4.5 years since this build started. Before today I have only driven this car twice. One test drive and a one way drive from Bellevue WA to Seattle WA.

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D