Sad story, need '75 Roc parts

["Ben Rogowski" <bgr13@earthlink.net>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>I received this from an acquaintance with a '75 Scirocco.  He's got some
problems and needs help, but he's not on the list.  I'm not sure why.  His
email is pork4chops@yahoo.com Please reply to him directly.

Thanks,

Ben R


> Hamilton Ayerhart wrote:
>
> > Hey Bill, how are things at your end? I have a bit of
> > a problem and was wondering if you could help with
> > some parts info. It seems that the deer are really
> > dumb this time of year and one decided he could beat
> > the headlights of my '75 scirocco one night. Needless
> > to say he lost and now a large part of the front end
> > is demolished from broadsiding him at 60 mph. The
> > bumper and subframe are surprisingly still intact and
> > in their original form. The front grill and radiator
> > support is twisted beyond hope, as is the hood, and
> > the fender has a very large dent where the head
> > wrapped around and hit. It also took out the grill,
> > headlights and their mounts, signals, radiator, and
> > hood latch. The engine was still running with the key
> > out and the clutch cable broke so I had to grind it
> > into gear to stop the motor, then the battery shorted
> > out and proceeded to set fire to the clutch cable and
> > several wire harnesses, and also the choke cable which
> > started a fire on the carb. I farmer with an
> > extinguisher put it out before it spread too far.
> > Needless to say, the whole incident has made a very
> > large mess of my car and a very large repair cost as
> > well. Since I only have liability on this car, all
> > repairs are coming out of my own pocket. My biggest
> > problems right now are finding those rare flat turn
> > signals and a corresponding drivers side fender. Also
> > I am going to rebuild the 1.5 and am having no luck
> > finding high compression pistons for it. All I can
> > find are factory replacements. As follows is a list of
> > parts I am trying to find at a resonable cost. Any
> > sources you may know of are greatly apreciated. I am
> > planning to redo all the bodywork on the whole car and
> > have it repainted next year, so panel surface quality
> > is not too important. Thank you for any insight.
> >
> > Hood, drivers fender, cross support in front from
> > fender to fender, headlights signals(flat) and their
> > mounts, grill, radiator, hood latch, high compression
> > pistons, and a five speed that will match up to the
> > 1.5 block and use the existing clutch
> >
> > Hamilton Ayerhart
> >

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