Any Scirocco fans?

[floridabmx]

Originally Posted by FlugGTI

Howdy, not a spam bot. I am not much of a forum poster these days but I read a lot. Again, I am a MKI VW enthusiast and ran across this thread and thought it was cool there was some cross-interest.

I was a little taken aback by the attitude given to the floridabmx guy about the asking price of his car, I felt it was needed to point out the current rarity and growing value of these cars.

The rust on his hood is awful looking, but as he explained, very common on all 75 VW's because of that foam **** they put in there that collects and retains moisture. Not a real big deal or expense to rectify.

In any case, his car was about as nice as you're gonna find today in original condition, and for people that like these cars or grew up with them, 5-6 grand is not a lot to spend even if it needs some love. *deleted comment, was a little riled up earlier*

Thanks Flug,

Nice to see someone who knows what they're talking about as well. Car was sold long ago to another mk1 enthusiast who swapped a new hood on. Luckily it wasn't a Rabbit or it would've been a smoothie hood and a bit of a pain to find a replacement!

- Ian

[floridabmx]

Bumping this up for Speeder since he still hasn't done anything, but argue about things he doesn't know about.

Here ya go buddy, per 8 months ago on its way to its new home.

[DonDavis]

Been 5 years now. Still sitting there?

[Racerbvd]

I thought about this thread last week when an early One popped up for sale, looked pretty clean too.

[IS300]

I love them .... have had 3 and 1 for parts
would take one today....???

[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by floridabmx

944 handles on my mk1

That's a well set up Scirocco!

[cabmandone]

When I was a kid, my dad, my brother and I sat at the kitchen table counting quart tupperware containers full of nickels dimes and quarters until we came up with the $500 ( it think that's what it cost) to buy my brother a two tone silver and grey Scirocco.

[speeder]

Originally Posted by DonDavis

Been 5 years now. Still sitting there?

Still sitting where it was, not Farr from my abode. I run into the owner's brother once in a while, we have a laugh about his crazy brother w the Scirocco that is just sleeping under a blanket.

I emailed back and forth w the owner once or twice but never got a price from him, IIRC and his brother just says that he wants a lot for it, or something along those lines. I've obviously moved on w many other vehicles since then and if anything, I'm trying to simplify my life and reduce my footprint of parked vehicles.

Never know, though. I may get it yet.

[DonDavis]

I'm hopeful you do.
You'd do it justice.

But I hear what you're saying. Less is better.

[Mike Andrew]

Had 3 of them, a standard and 2 S versions. Bought my Cirrus Grey S new in 81 and sold it in 01 after I bought the 911. Wish I could have kept it but no garage space and living under a cover in the drive was no life for an immaculate car. Shame as the guy who bought it built a custom dash, dropped an Audi 5 in it and generally ruined a classic VW.
Not many nice examples out there any more.

[Jeff Alton]

First car an 83 8V. Second car a 87 16V that I put cams, exhaust etc into. Great car. Currently hunting for another 16V for my now 16 year old son. He has a MK2 Jetta with a cammed and warmed up ABA, but either a MK2 16V GTI or a 16V Scirocco is what he is after. We have the bits to build a 2.0 ABF already and may just put that in the Jetta...

[petrolhead611]

Heavier than the contemporary Rabbit

[LakeCleElum]

I had a '75 model back in the early 80's. It was bogged down by smog equipment and a poor choice of carb.

Trick back in the day was a Holley carb from a Dodge Omni or Plymouth Horizon. $25 at wrecking yard. It really made a fun car a lot more fun.

[CurtEgerer]

I bought a brand new 1982. First new car. Paid a bit over $10,000 which I thought was crazy money. Fun car. Houndstooth interior. Euro headlights. Momo Fittipaldi wheel. Sold it a year later and bought a 1973 911 for about the same money.

[azkid]

1984 Original owner

[azkid]

350,000 miles

[speeder]

Very cool. ^^

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by azkid

350,000 miles

Nice Momo rims.

[pwd72s]

Bump. A call from a friend last night...he has a 1.7 MKI. Said he was using it for a commute from Salem to Eugene while visiting a cancer fighting friend. Raved about how good it felt, was thinking of maybe upgrading a bit. I encouraged him to do so after remembering this thread. Yes, I like the body style when they first came out...didn't know the designer.

[Steve Carlton]

Giugiaro - one of the very best.