September 24, 2013 at 5:28 pm

Picture of the Day: Meticulously Dismantled VW Golf

by twistedsifter

 

METICULOUSLY DISMANTLED VW GOLF

 

exploded view volkswagen golf MK2

Photograph by HANS HANSEN

 

In this amazing image, we see all of the parts that make up a Volkswagen Golf Mk2 (see higher-res image here). The Mk2 succeeded the Mk1 as Volkswagen’s volume seller from 1983 and remained in (German) production until late 1992. All told, about 6.3 million second-generation Golfs were built. [Source]

On the VW-inspired forum Club GTI, user BrokeVW drafted an exhaustive list of ‘errors’ with the photo. I’m no VW expert so can’t comment on its veracity, but a little digging does show him to be quite knowledgeable of VW’s. Here’s a small chunk of ‘errors’ he reported (see the rest on Club GTI):

– They show the diff spider gears paired up, each on a shaft
– Missing one snap ring used to secure the cross shaft
– Both diff stub axle circlips are missing
– Both bronze tapered conical thrust rings are missing behind the flanges
– The selector detent bolt is missing
– missing the 13mm nut to hold the selector bracket to the selector assembly
– 5th gear circlip and washer are missing
– No 5th fork lock plate
– 2 springs for the shift fork rod are missing

Unfortunately I was unable to track down the original source of this image. While it appears to be a promotional shot for VW, please let us know in the comments if you have any more info about this photograph!

*Update: Thanks to a very helpful comment from lcu20 (see below) we now know the photo was taken by Hans Hansen for a book entitled, Das Buch. Von Volkswagen. 1938-198. The book celebrates their 50 year anniversary and was an exclusive gift to all Volkswagen employees and not sold in bookstores. The caption tells that the photo shows a disassembled 1988 VW Golf CL version, disassembled in 6843 parts.

 

 

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