Re: Ahh...back in the US with euro stuff. (LONG)

["Marie Laugesen" <scirocco@telus.net>]

 My aunt in Denmark drives a Polo G40.  I'm going to plan a pilgrimage there
one day just to drive that damn car!!!!  I told her she's not to sell it
until I come over and check it out. =]  She's coming here this summer and I
truly think she'll be disappointed with our cars over here...

Marie

>Home at last. Well my stay in the UK was very nice and I got to hit 10 or
so
>yards in southern England (around Dorset and Somerset). Not to mention
>spending many nights pissed in the pubs. Got a ride in some friends quick
>205 and 309 pugs and a MONSTER R5 Turbo! Saw lots of cool cars we will
never
>get in the states and only saw maybe 2 civics and one integra, how nice
that
>was. Rode in a 2.0 16V Turbo Callibra, all I can say is we get cheated here
>in the states.
>
>All in all a great trip if it weren't for Foot and Mouth. My deepest
>sympathy to the UK farming and hunting community (where I spend most my
time
>while in the UK).
>
>I stopped at TSR which was near where I was staying. The parking lot looked
>like a PVW photo shoot. They had a badass new Polo there complete with
>Dietrich kit and hood scoop! I asked about getting a shift linkage early
>since I was there but I was told they had not yet been made DOLT!. Got the
>lowdown on the GTi international show coming up and am currently debating
>flying back over just to go to it. That may rule out ND for me though. Next
>time I go over I will be putting together a Quafie group buy since I can
get
>them much cheaper in the UK. All the guys at TSR were totally cool.
>
>Anywhoo, as some of you may know I bought a 16V parts car after my last
trip
>over and this was my first chance to see it. I was hoping for at least KR
>injection and maybe a 50MM manifold. Well the damn thing had a small
>manifold and 16V that had been completely crushed. Oh well, sold it to the
>breaker near where I was staying and broke even. I only saw one other fuel
>injected scirocco in the yards for the rest of the trip. I went to roc
which
>donated me my bumpers, lights, and turns last year. What a shame..it turned
>out to be the most perfect scirocco I have ever seen and a 92 GT2 at that.
>Not a single scratch is on this car, no dents, dings or likewise damage.
>Turns out it was a theft recovery, it had the really cool black metal flake
>paint as well. I always wondered why my bumpers had that paint. I stipped
it
>of all the good parts and trim stuff. I was going to grab the rear belts
but
>didn't since my luggage was already massive. I got all the switches out the
>PRISTINE interior and they look and feel like they just cam from the
>factory! I also grabbed the distributor thinking it may be the euro curve
>model in demand here in the states but its not. It is however interesting
in
>the fact that is has both vacuum advance and a Hall Sender? I know the car
>will be there when I get back since Im close with the yard owner. The next
>trip will again leave it a little bit lighter. Hes currently setting up
>deals to get more rocs set aside for me.
>
>The yards I visited scirocco wise consisted of 99%mk2 carbureted if any
>rocs. Ive never seen so many 1.7s. I did however find one MK1 Storm. I got
>the bumpers, rear foglight and the 120mph cluster out of it though (both
>maybe spoken for already). I cant believe the bumpers were galvanized! The
>mounting horns however were not and were a total loss. I got a couple sets
>of MK2 euro turn signals from the same yard. I cant believe how moss grows
>in the UK, all the signals I got have got grass growing on the INSIDE of
the
>lenses even though they have no major cracks! But they will clean up nicely
>me thinks.
>
>I pulled every foglight switch I could find as well as some other
>interesting bits. I found a factory switch which mounts in front of the
>stick that controls speaker balance I believe.  I got an MFA with all the
>sensors and headlight squirters from the same car as well. Found a red MK2
>with both bumpers smashed...damn! Found a cool MK2 grill with the red
>stripes. I got a bid in on buying a running white Scala with all the gaudy
>with all the white stuff. Let me just say that all white interior is
>horrendous. I ended up getting 4 sets of MK2 bumpers that I left in
storage.
>Im going to bring these over one set at a time in the future. What
surprised
>me was that some of the MK2 bumpers were also galvanized and others were
the
>painted steel which rusts badly in the UK.
>
>It also appears that nearly all the MK2s I saw in the yards or on the
>streets came with foglights (hence a switch being in every car). The lights
>were mounted with a super cool bracket that mounts on the inside of the
euro
>bumper and uses existing holes on the frame. Got a couple sets of those as
>well should I ever put fogs on.
>
>After I clean all this stuff up Ill let you all know if anything is
forsale.
>
>Shannon Fenton
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