Rebuild the Rabbit

Bad news, this Rabbit is rusted, and it's bad. Under the wheel wells the factory had applied some sort of tar-like coating, presumably to protect against rust... but I guess it didn't work so well. As I scrapped the stuff off, more and more cancer revealed itself, I picked and picked at it discovering ust how awful the rust really was.

One thing to note too, is that the rust isn't in some nice, easy to repair spots, no it's all around very shapely parts, parts designed to hold the entir...

Today I brought The Rabbit home! I was able to pay for the time spent in storage, the tow across town, and also one set (2pc) of jack stands with the donations raised so far, so Thank You everyone who has helped contribute!

After pulling out tons of clothing, old electronics, and other random things that were being stored in both the cab and the bed, I swept the bed out and vacuumed the cab. The carpet, dash, and headliner are all decorated with leopard print designs which I...

Hello, and welcome to Rebuild the Rabbit! obviously here you will watch me try to rebuild a 1980 VW Rabbit Pickup. These things are known as "Caddys" in European markets. Mine has a GTI engine in it (1984 I think), and needs a lot of loving. The body is in pretty nice shape actually with mild rust where the paint is stripped off, but I haven't found any holes, woohoo!

I know it has some sort of problem with the clutch, and at a glance I know it needs a battery, steering whe...