[Christ]

Ok, so after leaving the Golf sit on the hill for awhile, then driving it, I decided it simply needs too much work to continue "fixing it up" to anything respectable. The body work alone will constitute more than the value of a decent used car.

In the mean time, I picked up a Subaru Legacy wagon in decent body shape with high miles (+300k) in need of a trans, brake work, and some engine tuning.

However, since I had a friend of mine pull a trans for me (Thanks John), and I've got numerous VW engines and now no chassis to use them in, I've decided to mate a VW diesel to the Subaru trans. Now, mind you, 50HP simply wont be sufficient in this AWD chassis (for me, anyway), so the plan is to get it installed, then yank it back out and "fix" the engine (blown head gasket, etc) and turbo it, tune the injection pump up, etc, and have it making about 100+ HP, which will be more reasonable to my driving palate. (Not fast, but not seemingly immobile, either.)

I'll be retaining the Subaru AWD system in doing this, and for anyone interested, don't expect expedient progress on this. It's a pet project that I intend to work on "when I feel like it".

Pics to come.