RE: Looking for a 'roc again

["Fry, Larry" <LEF@chem-tronics.com>]

WJE-
  Sounds like a great project!  Hold out for a clean MkI!!!!!!

Larry  sandiego16V

-----Original Message-----
From: Wm. Josiah Erikson [mailto:scirocco@insanetechnology.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 12:06 PM
To: Scirocco List
Subject: Looking for a 'roc again


Hello all,
	My brother crashed my '84 GTi (actually, it's a very amusing 
story... read down if you happen to be interested), so I need a shell to 
put all of my cool shit in (coilovers, engine, possibly trans, swaybars, 
stressbars, blah blah...) and I'd love it to be a Scirocco. Preferably a 
Mk1 (yeah, right), but I'd definitely settle for a straight, solid Mk2. If 
anybody has one in the Western Mass area (will travel several hundred 
miles for the right car, perhaps even further if you have a Mk1 or a 
really really nice Mk2 for small potatoes). It can be in any mechanical 
condition. If it runs, fine. If it doesn't, fine. If it needs an entirely 
new drivetrain and suspension, great because I'm going to be replacing it 
anyway. Ideally, it would have a not-completely-fucked-up interior, but 
that's negotiable, as I'd like to keep the cost under $500 for my 
brother's sake (he's paying, obviously).
	Let me know if you have any leads....

The story:

So, he's ranting and raving about how my car handles with the new 
coilovers, and he and a friend up in VT were riding around on dirt back 
roads with it, talking about how it couldn't be better. He also claims 
that the Rabbit is faster 0-60 than either of his Datsuns (a 1975 280Z and 
a 1981 ZX turbo). So, later that night, on his way home, he decides to 
take a back road that he had been on before and wanted to try a particular 
90 degree corner and take it faster. Brake hard into the corner, down into 
second gear, ~25mph around the corner, about to accelerate when the rear 
end kicks out. He's used to driving rear-drivers, so doesn't have the 
twitch response of throttle-on when this happens, so it keeps going, all 
the way around, sliding sideways and backwards off the inside of the 
corner, into a ditch - spins the rest of the way around while sliding in - 
Whonk! comes to rest on the front left corner of the car, both rear wheels 
up in the air. He says it was at about a 45 degree angle. Amazingly, 
although the entire radiator support section of the car is pushed right 
about three inches, he managed to not crack the front left marker lens. 
Pretty much it got pushed right by the bumper. I could fix it, but the 
body is tired and more than a bit rusty, so it's not worth it. The car 
still drives OK, although first gear ain't where it used to be :)

-- 
'87 5KCSTQW
'84 GTi
http://insanetechnology.com


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