A little durtydubs and a lot of eurowise: r32 AWD-twin turbo Mk1 by Nashty Rabbit

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so...... as you may recall, i didn't like how the look of all the surface area of the top portion of the IC came out..... so the top was cut out and will be replaced with the new piece....

2/22/2011

In my opinion, it looks a thousand times better, but will let the pics do the talking...

3/9/2011

Finally a break and i can breath... for an hour anyways...

So nothing glamorous like the last few updates. However, as important as the rest of the build, structural integrity....

Don't think anyone really wants to see this car twist into two, so for the last few days doug was busy boxing and bracing in the rear panels...






16 gauge steel sheets were cut from paper templates with the aid of the plasma cutter...



the body was prepped to weld in the new covers



Mike couldn't stress to me enough how little pieces like this were very tedious and took time to fit and get perfect....



fitted product tacked in place...







everything even up to the interior plate covers were carefully welded and extra time was taken to perfectly weld the seams. no shortcuts were taken to any panel in the entire car even if it isnt seen!



Sloppy isn't an option for this build or any build eurowise does....





I had realized the amount of work that would have to go into this build to make this happen proper like, but the guys at eurowise have seriously gone far beyond what i had expected and can't express my thanks enough for making this grown man smile like a little kid in candy store.....

3/18/2011

my friend jollie hooked me up with a rear a1 rabbit seat that will be modified to fit my rabbit... it won't really be the most comfortablest seast considering the cabin was pushed back 3 inches, but there for cosmetic reasons as opposed to profit making reason...

as for a full cage..... no! A custom "shaved" cage is in order for this adventure... for you diehard weekend race warriors, this car isn't that car so relax, again a compromise of SHOW and go....

anyways, LOVE this pic.... 3 cute rabbits to be, courtesy of eurowise..... 3.2ttAWD, 12v-t, and a 16v-t

gives a whole new meaning to "multiply like rabbits...."



So VERY excited. I have finally opened up and E-bay account and made my first purchase... Can't lie though.. miss the old days of buying parts when they were readily available and could exchange cash for product in person... thank god for paypal and ebay...

anyways, enough of being a curmudgeon... i bought two sets of the lower window trim....



and now need to find the rest of the rubber that goes around the rest of the window and 1/4 window. guessing vintage rubber should have it all. if not, i'll just do a search.... or be lazy and call patrick...

3/29/2011

enough of the bromance.... so jollie (thanks homie ) dropped off the rear seat and rear tray and the boys at eurowise have begun to play. the rear seat is just sat into place and will need to be modified to retrofit the seat back in, but should turn out nice so.....

4/25/2011

big thanks to otti for selling me a set of the south african hella late euro tails.

I am going to take them up to my paint/body guys to have them smoked a little, and to see if they can do a little work with one of them that seems a little off...







I haven't decided if I want the rear modified to make these work or find the correct rear panel... However, if anyone in the US has the rear panel for these lights or knows of anyone who does and is selling please contact me... thanks...