Re: Seeking 1975 Scirocco car/body

[Kevin Wenzel <kwenzel@privateI.com>]

At 7:36 AM -0700 9/21/99, Mark Peele wrote:

>My first two Sciroccos were 1975 models.
>
>The chassis is the same. The reason 1975 and early
>1976 Sciroccos are lighter is that they were
>carburated. The fuel injection weighs more. The chrome
>bumpers that came on 1975-1977 models are probably a
>little lighter than the 1978-1981 style.

That's what I was afraid of.  It would seem that there's no Scirocco 
that can be (legally) made to match the weight of the DSP rabbits. 
Geoff Zimmer's Rabbit weighs in around the high 1700s (I saw the 
scale readout) and my Scirocco weighs right around 1900 even - and 
try as I might, I can't find much (other than bumpers) that he's 
taken off his car that I haven't taken off mine.

This means, of course, that I will most likely be purchasing a local 
'77 non-sunroof Rabbit for next year's car, and the Scirocco will be 
no more (it's got big rust holes, anyway).

Out of curiousity (this is directed at Gordon, mainly), are the 
chrome bumpers just like the old Rabbit chrome bumpers?  I.e, they 
don't have the reinforcing channel on the inside?  Also, did your '75 
come with the undercoating?  I keep hearing people say 
"dealer-installed" undercoating, and if was possible to get a 
Rabbit/Scirocco without that crap, off it comes.

>All these weight savings help offset the additional
>weight caused by having two front wipers ;-)

Wouldn't two wipers give you more desirable left-right weight 
distribution anyway?  :)


Kevin Y. Wenzel
kwenzel@privateI.com
Director of Network Operations, privateI, LLC
http://www.privateI.com/

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