Fitting 4wd to Mark1 Cabriolet

[yannyboy]

Hi, I am new to the forum. I have a Mark1 Cabriolet which is currently stripped down to nothing and sitting on my rotisserie. I was going to just to a complete nut & bolt restoration but I feel I would like to build something a bit special. I would be grateful if somebody who has done this 4wd conversion could give me some advice on what parts are needed and what the procedure would be? Cheers.[]

[Chris S]

While I dont know anyone who has done this conversion, I think you will need a complete Golf 2 Syncro to strip for parts, this is the best & cheapest way to get everything you need for the conversion, including the sheet metal underbody & floor panels.
Be prepared for a whole heap of work and then some more, as the cabby shell will need even more stiffening to manage the rwd aspect of the Syncro system.

[vr6will]

nutter4x4 might like to shed some light on this conversion…

[nutter4x4]

i have for him on another forum

[syncromad]

There was a Mk1 cabrio based 4wd produced in Italy under license from VW.

Not sure what it was called – something like a Biaggio/Biaggini IIRC but surely that used a Syncro pan.

Check out Ebay.de as I have seen some on there.

[yannyboy]

Which forum ?

[Chris S]

Its full title is a Biagini Passo 4×4 Cabrio

http://images.google.co.uk/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=nl&q=+biagini+passo&btnG=Afbeeldingen+zoeken

And here is one for sale for about 1500 pounds []

http://auto.marktplaats.nl/overige-auto-s/131652027-biagini-passo-4×4-cabrio.html

[nutter4x4]

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