1982 Volkswagen Cabriolet
I got this 1982 Cabriolet
in the summer of 2012. This car was originally from Texas
and there's not a spec of rust on it anywhere. The car was
pretty much original except for a respray of clear coat on the
body. Recent top, dead air conditioning system and 154.000
miles on the clock the 1.7L engine was running a bit slower and
rougher than it did when it rolled off the factory in Germany 30
years ago.
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My twelve year old
daughter Loraine has been after me for a car for a long
while now... so now she has one with the condition that
she works with her dad making it into a cool little
project car. So this winter we are pulling the
1.7L engine and 020 gearbox and installing a 150hp "AEB"
engine from a 1997 Audi A4 we dismantled this
summer. Along with the engine transplant, we are
going to update the electrical system from the old style
ceramic fuses to the more modern "Central Electric 2"
system and update the gearbox to an "02J" that came from
a 1999 Jetta TDI and a single mass flywheel.
More to come over the next few weeks - in the mean time we are starting some photos on my Google+ page. |
 Loraine and her Cabriolet |
Table of contents
- Complete Parts List
- Other sites with useful information.
- Removal of 1.7L engine and 020 gearbox
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