Any Scirocco fans?

[speeder]

Lots of love for these cars. Like I said earlier, never owned one but really, really wanted one when they were new.

What makes them so sporty? I mean, are they any different mechanically from a Rabbit of the same year? I've just always been in love with the styling and the interior, seat position, etc...

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by speeder

Lots of love for these cars. Like I said earlier, never owned one but really, really wanted one when they were new.

What makes them so sporty? I mean, are they any different mechanically from a Rabbit of the same year? I've just always been in love with the styling and the interior, seat position, etc...

The stance, they are low & light, very simple, same under the hood as other Mk Is.

Good luck!!!

[island911]

yep.

The Screrappo also has seats that drop low (the Bunny seats are fixed high).

[fintstone]

I had one for a brief period. Bought it for a few hundred and painted it in the driveway. Made a few hundred and still hated to sell it. It was great in the snow.

[fintstone]

Good lines from any angle (this was winter '84 or early spring '85 in CO).

[fintstone]

Originally Posted by speeder

It's a lot newer than that, I'd guess '79-'81 by bumpers. I don't care about smog, it will pass or how did he drive it here all these years?

Yep...and single wiper (76 and later)and black bumpers with wrap-around front turn signals confirm it is a later version (78-81)...some folks swapped out the older bumpers for the black ones).

[speeder]

Such a great looking compact car.

[fintstone]

Loved the car...but one thing that struck me was how thin the metal was (maybe to save weight). You could flex it easily by pushing on it gently (like an aluminum can). It was hard to wet sand panels, couldn't lean on the hood, etc... because they flexed so much.

[island911]

yep; on the thin metal.

Mine, I had stiffened the suspension, added sways . . . and the OE metal tore around the pick-up points for both the A-arms and shock towers.

I had a hi-comp motor . . . which tore the metal at two motor-mount pick-ups. (learned how to weld thin stuff)

Shift-forks - I broke (and fixed) a few of those. (cheap stamped sheet steel)

Long story short - it's no Porsche. (fun, good looking . . . just don't drive it hard. It's not 911 tough. Not even close.)

[McLovin]

I had one that looked almost exactly like that, except mine was an '81 S version.

That car really was a lot of fun. So light and fun to drive.

[Lyle O]

I had a '79, same gray color, but red interior. What a blast from the past looking at that car. Sold it in '87. Thin metal was clearly for weight considerations; started getting rust along bottom of rear deck lid (watch out for that). Engine was strong, though. Had to adjust the valves just like the 911! Great fun to drive. Your find here is a real gem to be in that condition...

[speeder]

This one might look grey in the photos but it's a metallic grey-ish green. But green.

[Racerbvd]

[island911]

Originally Posted by speeder

This one might look grey in the photos but it's a metallic grey-ish green. But green.

LOL

It's not the photo.

Decades ago I had that same argument with a friend about a neighbors Scirocco (same color) - he saw no green, just grey.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

I had a 77, what a great little car, someone painted it deep red metallic. good luck with this one!

[tchanson]

Still lovely cars.

I had '78, dark blue metallic over tan. Kamei air dam and big(!) 15" BBS wheels in place of the stock 13's.

Had a habit of eating head gaskets for lunch, but was definitely tossable for its time.



Tim

[GothingNC]

Mk1 Rocco that sometimes shows up at the local C&C.

[Nostril Cheese]

Originally Posted by fintstone

I had one for a brief period. Bought it for a few hundred and painted it in the driveway. Made a few hundred and still hated to sell it. It was great in the snow.

Even the house in the background loves that car. Nice looking ride.

[D bot]

This car looks great! These just have such classic lines. The 1st gen are a bit more sexy than the gen 2s. I used to have an 81 S that I put a 1.8t 20v in. Currently own an 80 rhd version that I'm converting to haldex awd system with another 1.8 20v but supercharged.

[fintstone]

Originally Posted by Nostril Cheese

Even the house in the background loves that car. Nice looking ride.

Thanks! Yes...the car was in front of our first house (not the smiley one). Still own it (rental)...Removed the badges to spray it and liked it better clean. They were plastic like the ones in GothingNC's photo. Acrylic lacquer sprayed in the driveway...only took 1 quart since it was not a color change. Best paint job I ever sprayed (maybe the last)...it was so smooth that I didn't even have to polish it.

It was nothing special to most folks back then and I had an assignment to Germany and could only take one car...and I had bought an 83 Supra new. The Supra got the nod for autobahn duty.