Dutch Inspiration...
 

newbie here...but I have been watching this site for a long while....

well, when I considered a different styling for my mk1 (as opposed to my other vw's)... I thought of the Dutch...so the results will come slowly.. Here is how she looks today...

:)













83 Rabbit s, 1,7 8v, 15x8's all around, TT header and Magnaflow equipped, kw v1's all around...still debating on the squares though...I just love the look of the round crosshairs ;)

Welcome! Looks nice on the pics!

Planning to change the front to euro-look?

don't do it mate, westies are getting rare

:iamwithst

Weird, I've never heard of a dutch style when it comes to VWs. Care to elaborate?

well, every modded or restored mk1 that I have come across the past 2 years that has captivated my eye has been Dutch plated...so, there must be something in the drinking water (or beer for that matter)..I can post pix, but I do not want to depress you :D

Whatever the styling, at the end of the day, it's all European...the subject title is just my preference at the moment due to what I have sen thus far...



the decision gets harder every day...I respect the Westy rarity but man, I just love the look of the sigle rounds and the small Euro chrome bumpers...

Still thinking about a compromise, so if there are any pix out there of a Westy front with the small metal Euro bumpers, please feel free to post up :cheers:

Well, put in the Euro-front w/ the Euro bumpers, and throw the Westy in your garage, for safe keeping. ;) See? No harm done, and when you wan't to change it back, it's still there. :)

Good luck on the decision. And you have a great Golf Mk1 btw! :thumbup:

beautiful car,love the interior and the wheels.

exept you just cut up your car :redface:

that's the point...how too avoid chopping a Rabbit :tongue:

here are a couple of pix from a local show this weekend....







Swapped the Nexen tyres for Toyo's so I can drop the coils lower now :)

Love those 'wide' rear-lights.. make the car 'flat'

Just a pain to see though, that the panel underneath is 'made' for the early small euro lights.. ( which I just noticed looking at it a bit longer)

yeh but changing to smalls is very easy, just weld in 2 small plates over the bigger holes or get a cabby delete plate. retrofitting them to a euro smalltail golf is also very easy.

I have a Westy rear clip in storage, complete with the wide tail lamps, if you (or someone else) are interested in buying it.

I was told it wasn't so easy at all and that you infact do need the rearplate if you want to swap from the standard big to small lights and vice versa.

not for the westy's

This is a very clean looking rabbit!

Wide rearlights & westy front give it a little USA-sauce over this european look. Must say that I'm impressed with the end result. Color matches with the model of the car. Nice one!

Love the colour, love the interieur and the wheels! Its a nice looking MK 1.
The colour looks a bit like mine.

Gr Pim

you have to see that as a compliment for a lot of dutch guys with nice mk1's i think..
:thumbup:

very nice rabbit

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dont change a thing it is nice as it is :thumbup:
dont fix somthing what is not broken,dont buy things you dont need,dont eat yellow snow....
thats the 3 main rules in life :D

keping in mind :thumbup:

lol...I like those 3 rules...but a long and boring winter has got me itching for a change....where it stands, the interior will remain the same for now ;)

but, there has been a transformation of sorts. And, the good thing is that I have now completely ridden myself of any rust on the car :thumbup: Colour is still the same though.

Well ,i don't like the rear lights, i love the euro smaller lights. But i do like the american look!

not bad sir, not bad at all......... color makes the front work on that car imho

well..it's been a long and winding road...so alot of progress on the mk1 and alot of trial and error to try to get this to how I envisioned the project.

enough talk and more pics :)

cleaned out the bay as best as possible for now...body shop ended up closing it's doors for good so I only had a week or so to finish the job or my car was getting locked in :shake:




re-installed the 8V for now, just cleaned up all of the wriing and added a little bling. I am working on a carbed 16V so I want to do it right the first time, and chrome the hell out of it for Paul :D




brought it home last weekend, still ran like a champ except the battery was so drained that it needed a new battery.

Also, decided to change the local game here a little..since everyone is looking for big dish rims and they are becoming a dime a dozen, well, why not take it back a little :thumbup:

how she is sitting right now, until I can notch the pass side frame rail for more axle room to slam this thing down a little more.







I should get around to the frame notching this weekend but for now, my oil pan is saved :cool:

Cheers,

love it !!

wow! any shots of the finished 8v bay??

that car is so goddamn sexy! more pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

misa not forget to hook u up Jimbo!

I haven't forgotten Paul, the carbed 16v will take me most of the summer to complete.

I want to do it right and show proper respect for the chrome! :thumbup:

I'll post some pics of the engine bay in a couple of days...the 1.7l 8v is running surprisingly well and the mechanical fuel injection is very reliable...

sweet bro
sooo fucking sweeeeeeeeeet.

whats going on jim??

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well, local show today but the wind and weather was horrible..forgot my camera but luckily a few friend's brought theirs..










Only shot of the engine bay, not enought light but oh well :)




Decided to roll a set of 15x6,5 chromed RM's for a while, they were collecting dust in my garage.




Luckily, I was joined by a few friend's to give some old school soul in a sea of mk3, 4 and 5's...

















and, a little souvenier from my 6 year old's toybox :D




If this is not Paul approved then I quit this game... :cool:

noice

i approve!

how did u actually chrome your RM's?
thats more expensive than doing RS' !

they were done in Germany by a friend. And it was expensive because of the 2 piece nature.. But the wheels were almost free so it was worth it.

Problem is now that I have 2 sets of chromed RM's :D

Things to do this weekend:

-replace some grommets to avoid any unnecessary leaking from rain
-replace door scapers
-detail the engine bay
-and more importantly, get my bloody framed notched so I can lower this thing down again

I swear to GOD I had no idea that they were actually copper & nickel plated. I wrongly assumed they were just powder.

My sincere appologies!

...sounds like you have some money to recoup on the 2nd set :D

if you are doing the 16v swap why not wait to notch it when you do the swap Jimbo?

-Paul

oh hey did i ask if you got the bolts and lips chromed?
lemme know......we can make it happen for you :)