4wd conversion

I have a Mark1 Cabriolet which is currently stripped down to nothing and sitting on my rotisserie. I was going to just to a complete nut & bolt restoration but I feel I would like to build something a bit special. I would be grateful if somebody who has done this 4wd conversion could give me some advice on what parts are needed and what the procedure would be? Cheers. :?  :?

There was an orange golf with a 4wd system fitted on the front cover of Retro car mag. Not sure what issue or even if you can get back issues, but it is a lead for you.
Good luck.

A written off A3 quattro and some hard core fabrication skills?  :dontknow:

use the kit from a mk2 syncro.

big post on vortex forum ill try and find it for you!!

heres 1 thread…not the one i was thinking of but useful non the less

http://forums.vwvortex…othread?id=2717417&page=2

I've got the retro cars mag with the 4WD mk1, couple of quid and it's yours  :wink:

personally i would fit the mk2 subframe, allows for power steering, fit  passat tunnel or syncro, so you can some height for prop and exhaust, don`t chop the rear subframe it doesn`t need it, fabricate your own mounts from the mk1 original subframe mounts to the rear beam, then everything will be square

i realy realy realy realy realy want to do this conversion but it looks way ot hard for my licking maybe if i had a bit more fabrication skills, maybe one day.   well we can all dream
now off to look for amk 2 syncro :wink:

paulc84 said

heres 1 thread…not the one i was thinking of but useful non the less

http://forums.vwvortex…othread?id=2717417&page=2

thats a hellofa car he has built…

but he has gone and spoiled it at the end!  :roll:

take a look at this, it looks to me like you dnt need to weld a tunnel in, and its on original mk1 gear box mounts, looks easy realy just the hangers for the prop and the indipendant suspenion on the back
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thats the rear subframe off a rallye, ben cut it to fit inside the mk1 shell, but it doesn`t need to be cut , you can also see the exhaust runs under the car and not in the tunnel, the only reason y i said use the mk2 front frame is because , its stiffens the front of a mk1 with plenty of torque from the 20v it`ll soon twist the shell with loads of 4wd lauches