Fw: Mk1 Body colors, mysterious pinstriping [was: Could it be

[Mark A Peele <scirocco.gtx@juno.com>]

Without seeing your car, I think the stripes were dealer applied. There
were VW stripes - they are in many of my brochures - but those don't
sound like the dealer ones (seeing helps)

there were no blue S models.

I have the dealer brochures from 1980 (soon I'll have all the 1981
brochures too) - but they are inconclusive.  The 1980 Scirocco brochure
lists Mars Red, Alpine White and Black as the S colors, yet I know that
there were Diamond Silver and a metallic grey colored S models.

I literally haunted the showrooms from 1976 until 1982. I've been
worshipping these cars to long! Both of my 1981 S models were the Dark
Metallic gray (the name eludes me right now, but as soon as I take
possesion of it - I'll let you know.

My 1980 S was Alpine White.

Mark 
1981 Scirocco S 
1982 Scirocco
1978 Scirocco (Kristen's)
Former Sciroccos:
1975 Scirocco (0wned 1977-1984 totalled)
1975 Scirocco (owned 1984-1985)
1981 Scirocco S (owned 1985-1993 frame bent in snowstorm)
1980 Scirocco S (owned 1993-1998, sold for scrap)


--------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Dave Novak" <toastworks@hotmail.com>
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 20:31:23 PST
Subject: Mk1 Body colors, mysterious pinstriping [was: Could it be?]
Message-ID: <19990125043123.22183.qmail@hotmail.com>

>> FWIW, Scirocco S never came in light blue.

>was a metalic looking 'ice' blue.  Maybe I'm just a bit foggy
>on it...I think I remember the red 'S' badging because I remember
>thinking that it was really an odd color.  I do know that non-S cars 
>had red badging sometimes too, and I also realize that MK2's later
>came in an 'icy' blue.

My '81 is that ice-blue color. When it's overcast, it's pretty blue, but 
when it's sunny, it's more silver.

It's also not an "S" model, BUT, I did see a beat up 'ice' blue "S" a 
few towns over a bunch of times.

Here's where it gets interesting. There's three stripes going around the 
car mid-door (just below the door handles), and around on the top of the 
back of the hatch. Not on the surface facing back where the fascia are, 
but rather the surface that the rear wiper is mounted to. There are 
three stripes: pink/red, black, and white/silver. Needless to say, it 
looks totally 80's, dude! ...and rather tacky... but I'm willing to 
stick with it if it was in fact a factory option. Or when I finally get 
the nerve to give her a whole paint job!

So were those stripes put on at the factory?

-Dave
'81 "ice blue" Scirocco
'81 "needs some work and FOR SALE for cheap!" Scirocco

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