sared - El Salvador
 

:thumbup: hi im new to the site... a little bit new in the VW´s world... about two years with my build... and still learning so much... nice site :D :thumbup:

welcome! please post some pics por favor :)

:iamwithst

:postpics:

hi to you!
just out of curiosity what car are you bulding 2 years already?
for a new guy you put up very little info on your project?!
wierd

lol im just a little shame about my car... has not the level of your cars... im just a dreamer trying to make it similar to the ones i look in the meetings like waterfest or h20...

but here are some pics :D

this is how it looks when i got it...




some changes has been going on... but everithing in the inside or vital parts...like the floor, rust elimination, fixing electronic issues, or like the engine I completly rebuild the engine, changin from diesel to 1.8 gas, with a 32/36 weber




the new engine died in the race track with pride lol




and now... rebuilded again... with more love...




and from the outside looks like this







yup... no bumpers... but soon im trying to get the black plastics form 70´s

nice to see a Pennsylvania car in CA :)

thx for your coments :thumbup:




why Pennsylvania ???? cause is a diesel ????

the car you have is a late westy (the grill and front clip)
westy = westmoreland pa. that is where they built these particular cars.

inside your driver side door the car should say where it was manufactured. correct me if i am wrong.....

:rolleyes:

look who's talking...

ORLY? ;)

thx for the coments... in the sticker doesnt says the fabrication plant.... mmm or i cant read :D

this is the sticker... recovered from 2 paints lol




an here is where it sits right now in my garage

Welcome, lose the fastfitters and try to make it as original as possible and slam it!

tell me if i am wrong but VW of America = Westmoreland PA car?

Yes, should be.
Sared's VIN explained :

1 VW GG 9 17 9 B V 086616

1 = USA
V = Volkswagen
W = Passenger Car (VW)
G = Body style
G = Diesel engine
17 = Golf 1
9 = Manufacturer's Internal Code
B = 1981
V = Westmoreland, PA. (USA)
086616 = s/n

info

lol didn knew that the only plant was in PA sorry... but im here to learn a bit :D :D

about the " fastfitters " im planing to restore the front end, cause is to messy, maybe on december ill get a used front end to welded on to my car, so i can chage it all and leave the hood clean and hot...

i was thinkin to use the actual hood for a rat style hood... makeit rusty... :D but when the car gets a full paint job

why do i think its totally nuts to see a PA car in El Salvador?

BTW the MODS need to change the location in sared's thread to C.A. NOT U.S.A.

.....just saying ;)

CA isn't a country

.... just saying

true :)

what's PA?

Pennsylvania, the state where Westmoreland lies, where the VW of America plant was

Damn, i knew that...just forgotten it.

I have to visit the grounds where the plant was ......someday...

funny you should say that, i'm heading out to Niagara Falls around sept 21st and planning on driving by there

Please take some pics and post em up here... I would greatly appreciate it :thumbup:

naturaly!

i always love to see these old cars getting some love..

:D

me tooooo :D



thx for the coments... today on the track my front engine mount come off... the rest of the story is full sadness.. tomorow wellsee how we fix that... any sugestions ?? the true fact is that im very short of cash :( :(


pics...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarederas/3850922395/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarede.../in/photostream




http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarede...in/photostream/

sorry im new to flick ... didnt find how to inser a pic normaly like photobucket, but the !"·$"$"·" photobucket its now bloked at 577mb of pics... need a new one :screwy:

create another photobucket account?
can you just purchase a new or used front motor mount?
junk yard in your area?

i am sorry i cant view pics from work.

what you need to do is weld a 75x75mm angle bar to the font valanceweld some bolts in to it where the old ones have been.
seems lke the whole valance is rusty so dont save on the material and box the valance in, from framehorn to framehorn or make something like this...

thx for the reply...

otti, ive saw one of those in "ebay"... want to copy the desing, but my mechanic told me that we should fix the front of the car ( swaping for a good one whit no cracks ) then we should use that bar, cause my actual front is too messy...




pics of my DIY repair... far away from profesional work...












with this issue... we are out of the racetrack, just an allday driven for now...

Ive found these yesterday...

:)

nice always post photo's :-)

updates!

Just remembered, i drove by, but didn't take any pics.
Didn't think anybody would like to see the entrance to a Sony plant ;) :D

Yeah, Sony took over the plant.

i knew that already, was just hoping that there would be anything left from that time and was in the area anyway

well something went bad... and I turn my car into a monster !







since its my daily car... i need to fix it cause its my tool of work...
i have another rabbit on the way... hoping that i can get it in february.

this is how mine looks now... :screwy:





p.s. wear ur bumpers ! can save you hundreds of dollars :D