volkenstein the cabby of many peices

just got myself another dub to love
not had a mk1 for ages so thought why not?
1300 squid later I had a mk1 cabby in black 1983 vintage now named volkenstein it has so many wrong parts I'm starting to regret buying it.
plus side it has mot and after a few days of tinkering it now runs real good
 

problems with the engine were as follows :
timing was a mile out fitted new timing belt kit and retimed it .
Dizzy was in the wrong way 180 out sorted that.
Vacuum pipes in wrong places and worn out replaced.
Would now start and run but once warm would not restart .

after checking everything I could think of I googled a few things as it wasn't getting fuel straight away from warm start up
I found that the pressure valve in the fuel pump had seized.
so took it off soaked it for a while then prodded it with a real thin scewy and ping the valve sprang into life again

refitted the valve to the pump and refitted the pump and hey presto the mutha ran from hot and cold cheapest fix ive ever had
having priced up new pumps  and valves ect.. I was well please to not have to buy anything well for now anyway
this cabby is on the tightest of budgets
as I'm a stay home dad with a very understanding wife
little money in the pot but it keeps me sane a few hours in the garage with volkenstein

Anyway back to why he got the name volkenstein
infact some of you guys may know the car it has mk1 owners stickers every where
how do I find out if it belonged to any one on here??

had to do a lot of work as previous owner had neglected it some what

that's as much as ive found to be wrong at moment and
I guess that's why it was cheap, but to be honest now it drives well Ive been having fun round the country lanes like I'm 20 yrs old again.
ive had 12month driving a 1.9d t4 so this little gti seems to go like a rocket

and before that I was running this  

infact passat was a real good daily with a tdi motor I nearly miss it
but t4 is part camper part daily so its doing a good job on the cheap at mo.
infact just come back from Snowdonia in it great weeks holiday would recommend to thoughs who have never been

Hi and welcome.

Got any photos of volkenstein?

What's your plans now you've got her running nicely?

Matt

pics are coming
I forgot to take some pics before I started stripping it doh!
shame as it looked a real good car will have to ask po for any pics
it did look great funny what big bumpers hide
scabby arches rotten back panel but guess I expected some work
never bought a vw that you could just drive

pazwaa said

Hi and welcome.

Got any photos of volkenstein?

What's your plans now you've got her running nicely?

Matt

I'm on with stripping the weid monster now
cleared garage out this aft
took most of trim off
trying to source rear arch bottom repair panels no luck yet

plans are to sort all rust flat the paint back to original colour met silver as who ever sprayed the black on needs a good talking to  
I cant decide on colour either original silver met or dark gun met grey
small rims small bumpers

took the car to pieces to repair redo and replace

more pics to follow I'm sure

wheels big bumper kit and 2 new front wings are for sale
wheels have great tyres on them 1955015 if anyones interested

If this is an 83-84 model it wouldn't have had the power windows or power roof only post 1990 had these.  Unless someone has added an aftermarket power roof kit and windows. Stock set up involves welding extra bits onto the body. You got any pics of the power roof set up. After market kits always intrigue me.

the windows are original items  but will have been added later as you say although theve been done well
the hood motor looks original again I think the mounts for the motor have been added to it as the welds don't look great but its all vw stuff
it works really good
I wonder if these two items will add to value or decrease it
I don't mind them as they've been done well
although top needs reskinning

chortle said

If this is an 83-84 model it wouldn't have had the power windows or power roof only post 1990 had these.  Unless someone has added an aftermarket power roof kit and windows. Stock set up involves welding extra bits onto the body. You got any pics of the power roof set up. After market kits always intrigue me.

thanks for info I think someone liked the karrman clipper look back in the day and swopped some stuff over it also had a big bumper kit on it but the fitment was real dodgy  
any ideas on the wheels
thanks aga

I'm on with changing photos from my phone to the camara I origanlly took pics with bare with me