neohic Posted January 3, 2011 Posted January 3, 2011 Some of you know that my vehicle preferences are very WWII... Jeep and VW. I've got the '72 Bug, building a Dune Buggy on a '74 pan, and now this thing... my brother's '87 Cabriolet. We're doing a full VR6 swap from a '94 Passat and we're pretty much done with the tough stuff. http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.p ... -Cabriolet Should be a blast when it's done... pretty much a classic "big motor small car" type of deal. I just thought it'd be fun to post something a little more foreign!
btm24 Posted January 3, 2011 Posted January 3, 2011 very cool :clapping: I know some one at school who has one just like it. ill be waiting to see this build :popcorn: Brandon
cody4359 Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 all you give us is one pic :( id love to supercharge my vr6, but thats bout a $4k kit and its plenty fast enough to get me in trouble now
neohic Posted January 30, 2011 Author Posted January 30, 2011 Well... there's lots of pictures. The link is there for everone viewing pleasure. We actually had a good weekend with this little car... everything works but the clutch!
JeepcoMJ Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 I've got a soft spot in my heart for cabrio's...my first car was an '85 cabrio. I've owned 2 of them. the second one, I put a corrado G60 motor in it.
neohic Posted January 30, 2011 Author Posted January 30, 2011 This one started with the 1.8 from the factory, but the previous owners installed a 2.0 DOHC from a Scirocco... but that wasn't enough either.
brdhntr Posted January 30, 2011 Posted January 30, 2011 i may take a break to do some audi stuff. i would love to mod an audi 2.2. or 2.3 and try to get at least the 600 hp it's easily capable of (as run in quattro sports) even try for the 1000 performance builders have gotten. it gets spendy becaus ethere is so little available now, but you can still get alot from overseas. i won't do it on this car but would like to pick up another in a couple years to start something like that on it. just pipe dreams right now.
neohic Posted February 6, 2011 Author Posted February 6, 2011 YAY!!! (It lives, it moves... click to see it all!)
JeepcoMJ Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 *sigh* I'm gonna have to get another cabriolet.
neohic Posted February 6, 2011 Author Posted February 6, 2011 *sigh* Too much snow to take this thing out and try and find some dry pavement...
JeepcoMJ Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 *sigh* Too much snow to take this thing out and try and find some dry pavement... true true. found an '89 caddy I may pick up...rust free, no motor or front clip.. kid bought it to put the diesel into his cabriolet. I'm thinking g60, cabby quad headlight front end, and bump it up a little higher, just to be different.
neohic Posted February 6, 2011 Author Posted February 6, 2011 Sounds like a blank canvas! Check around on vwvortex or vwcaddyforum... tons of stuff there. I think on the caddy site, there are a few lifted builds too. Jeeps are great, but these little cars are amazing for the fact that they are just about street legal go carts! Tons in the aftermarket helps out too, but the custom stuff seems to be just a little more fun. Sure going to be tough giving this one back to my brother... there are only a handful of things I need finish on it and they're all cosmetic. Once my dune buggy is done, I might just need to look into one of these for myself!... perhaps a two door MK1 Jetta with a Rabbit nose.
neohic Posted February 21, 2011 Author Posted February 21, 2011 Well, this has been awesome, but the little car is going back home with my brother. We took it out for a rip around the neighborhood with only a few disappointments. There is a massive exhaust leak at the manifold (that's what he gets for using old gaskets) and a bit of a misfire. Anyhow, he can handle those issues, finish the wiring and interior on his time at his place. For those who like before and afters: I think my favorite part of the project was all the little details... Tach. mount (easily removable for when he's not at the track): Fuse box cover, rad. retainer, battery box: Center console: This whole deal has been fun, but I think I'm ready to get my shop back. Three cars in an area designed for two is getting a little old. Keep in mind that it has been this way since October. ... on to the next!
neohic Posted March 12, 2011 Author Posted March 12, 2011 This little guy is all done! From one project to the next: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=29102
neohic Posted May 15, 2016 Author Posted May 15, 2016 Just about wore out my shovel digging up this old thread! Not really news, but this little car is still all sorts of awesome. While it hasn't been in my shop for a long time, I did manage to get half of its parts car cousin dropped into my lap. Half? Yup... half. Can't say I've ever though of this as a "tow rig". What better way to haul some racing slicks, jack, and all your other track day gear? Soon to be finished? I dunno... not up to me. It'll be going back to its home soon for finish work. Probably a vinyl wrapped treated plywood front and a similar treatment as a tonneau cover in the same color as the top on the Cabby. Anyhow... perhaps I'll chime in again once my brother finishes it.
yellaheep Posted May 16, 2016 Posted May 16, 2016 Gonna keep the back-half of the top functional too? That'd be cool to drop the top to get to the stuff inside.......
neohic Posted June 7, 2016 Author Posted June 7, 2016 My brother still needs to do the finish work, but the plan is to still make up a flat tonneau cover. Until then...
MiNi Beast Posted March 13, 2022 Posted March 13, 2022 On 6/7/2016 at 7:14 PM, neohic said: My brother still needs to do the finish work, but the plan is to still make up a flat tonneau cover. Until then... /uploads/archive/72db7ddb67bce7006e21265936c1fac1/7940e822ce1a223e6eb6fbf53e394d87.jpg Very cool. Do you still have it?
neohic Posted March 13, 2022 Author Posted March 13, 2022 He does! My brother loves this car still and drives the he’ll out of it!
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