1980 Volkswagen Rabbit

pickup

1.5 diesel

Manual

Clear

Diesel

I have a 1980 VW Rabbit 1.5 Diesel pickup in great condition for a 38 year old vehicle. It had been used for 5 years on these gravel Ozark roads and then stored in a barn since '85 here in Arkansas. I purchased it two years ago with only 15k miles on it and have put about 800 miles on it in that time. I purchased it because I've always liked them and enjoy working on old trucks. It now starts and runs great but needs a good paint job. If I keep it around the farm here I'll only trash it on these gravel roads. This is just too good of an old Rabbit diesel pickup not to become somebody's prize possession. Engine starts great, transmission shifts fine. AC blows cold. Color is light blue inside and out and the body is good except for a slightly banged up tailgate. Bed is a bit rusty. There is one quarter sized rusty area near the passenger wiper but not rusted through anywhere. There are many small rust dots on the old original paint job from these ozark gravel roads. I had planned to get it painted and may do so if it doesn't sell. Seats are fine with no tears, also light blue. Drivers seat shows some use but passenger seat looks new. Dash has a couple of cracks but is complete. Windshield has a rock impact in the drivers lower right view and a coupla other chips. I have not found them to be an issue while driving. This truck has vacuum assisted brakes but manual steering. Front wheel drive with new tires on the front. Runs great on pump diesel or bio-diesel. The vent windows are complete but some of the adhesive holding the metal hinge pieces to the glass have loosened. There is no windshield washer fluid tank as the plastic had totally disintegrated however the pump motor is still connected and works. The vinyl headliner was sagging so I removed it, cleaned and painted the hardboard black and it looks fine. I have kept the old vinyl liner. The pics were taken at a friends house with no prep beforehand. I will update them as time permits.