Vw Mk1 Golf+Jetta = Jettolf wagon

[Lawsy]

Shamelessly stolen from another stolen thread here

but I came across these pictures and thought wow..

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then the creator himself joined up and added a few words.

Hi folks !

I am the mad man....

as for hacking a two door jetta...you have to know,when they sold them back in the days...4 doors where an extra and needed to be paid extra...
so two door was standard here in germany...

As for the car...
i got that empty shell for free from a buddy,it was hanging in my shop for about 3 years.
this late spring we found a free rabbit rear end(oh yes, it was a GTI) in the netherlands.
so we went there and dropped the poor on my new trailer and brought it home...

then we sat down and talked over the cutting.
we spend one day measuring and discussing.
the we started cutting.

after a long break(my holiday in the uk which i really enjoyed,esp. meeting up with Mike/DUBPARTZ)
we started to weld the curse word together.
it came out pretty nice and we started the usual body repair,like arches and some small holes in the underbody.

that?s where we are now.
nothing done n the last weeks as two other small gems crossed my way..
two four door mk2 jetta?s that needed/need some fix...

but anyway..
some pictars....

please keep in mind that we are NO pro?s in bodywork..i am just an electrician and my buddy just worked on cars with his dad..

innocent shell hanging in the shop...

Then that all finished with just this post - which left me drooling for more..

Stance

[Lawsy]

then onlya coupel of days ago..

these pictures emerged from the depths..










I'd love to see more of it as it comes along..

but looks a cracking project

[Deleted]

thats cool i like that

[keithyboy]

I want one of those!

[Deleted]

That is pure brilliant!

[stealthstylz]

Its a cool idea but that side view is ugly as sin, far too much rear overhang.

Matt

[retrowagen1234]

Jul 25, 2010 8:16:17 GMT stealthstylz said:

Its a cool idea but that side view is ugly as sin, far too much rear overhang.

Matt

sorry but I'm gonna have to agree with you.... The car itself allready is quite long and thin, then adding that to the back made it just tooo obvious... great idea... Even vw tried it with a breadvan back end on a vw saloon ... annoyingly the only pics that exist (somewhere) are peoples attempts to recreate it with photoshop... But it looked quite good sorta like a shooting break.

[Fiat Daft]

maybe should have bought a vw fox instead!

[trg1984]

i love it, ive seen pics of a mk2 version aswell but only build pics.

i like how the rear over hangs, its gonna look brilliant low!

[octagonalpaul]

I'm liking that, good to see something different on the VW scene!

[retrowagen1234]

lol just realised where the spare wheel well is ... its a curse word enough getting the wheel out of a polo saloon... thats gonna hurt lol...

[rmad]

If VW had made it I'd be tempted to say it was my least favourite derivative in the Golf line up but as a one-off 'phantom' model it's 100% awesome. Can't wait to see it finished.

[Mephiston]

thats a awesome bit of work, looks so factory!

[MK2VR6]

Awesome job, great to see summat different. As pretty as Daniella Westbrook tho........

[leigh]

Hmmm, a VW Gotta. Fair play to his workmanship, he's doing a great job. However, that side view makes it look ugly as sin. Like an old Nissan Prairie in fact, the roof just seems to be real high or something? Not that my opinion matters but I've found I'm rarely wrong

[autohausdolby]

I like it

[wagoneer]

That's a piece of work! Nice to see old fashioned hot rod skills being used on something modern. Far too often people get put off making alterations because it might be a bit difficult. Launch in, it's only metal!!

I'm still swearing from welding up trim strip channels on my Cinquecento roof to get it smooth, but the end result will be worth it. I'm not the worlds best metal worker but I stuck at it. Hopefully Rmad will have the car at the RR Gathering for me so it can be inspected!!

[VIP]

Love the idea, but the execution doesn't work.

It's not the rear overhang that really the problem, it's the C pillar, it's far too thick, and visually makes the car look rear heavy.

As for this comment...

Jul 25, 2010 14:22:48 GMT leigh said:

ugly as sin. Like an old Nissan Prairie

...GET OUT!

[VIP]

I've moved the front edge C pillar back, it helps the proportions.

Before:


After:

[Lawsy]

Jul 25, 2010 15:12:45 GMT VIP said:

Love the idea, but the execution doesn't work.

It's not the rear overhang that really the problem, it's the C pillar, it's far too thick, and visually makes the car look rear heavy.

but that defeats the point of what i beleive he is trying to creat

Using the Jetta length, hence the overhang, but then graft in the rear of a mk1 golf - if the C pillar alters it wouldnt then be a mk1 golf hatch by design

i like the concept, but personally I feel the colour has really not helped, it looked awesome in the 'stance' pic before the paint

its kind of the estate mk1 golf that never happened or a golf shooting break.

if the rear wheels were further back, then ti would just look like a lengthened mk1 goof

I'm all in favour of it and hats off to the guy for building it