Road Stories! was Re: It's time to have a SEAT.

[green536@hotmail.com (Chris DeLong)]

Dave are you referring to aircooled ragtop? or watercooled? cuz watercooled 
ragtop parts are easy to find! you just need to know where to look :-)


>
> > Dang kids, Larry nailed it. We need more road trip reports, AutoX 
>results
> > and kill stories around here instead of all this "my Schnitzler valve
> > stopped kibutzing..." stuff.
>
>Sorry I haven't had more Honda Kill stories to tell lately but my car is
>down at the time and I am awaiting another car to swap all my go-fast parts
>into since a kind lady in her Z3 decided that I had had my 16v Rabbit long
>enough.  I will tell you the amusing yet irritating story of waiting for my
>new car if you are interested, if not delete now!!
>
>While looking for parts for the diesel truck I happened to mention that I
>would be in the market for some MK1 Scirocco parts because the scirocco I
>was looking to buy was in rather sad condition and found out that one of 
>the
>hired hands at the salvage yard had a 79 MK1 in mint condition with a blown
>motor he'd sell for $200!!  Obviously I was very interested.  He then told
>me that it was in Eastern WA in a carport and he needed to haul it over the
>mountains here to Olympia and at the same time needed to get another car 
>for
>the yard so it would be no problem.  WELLL, the car supposedly arrived but
>the trailer it was being hauled on had two flats.  The truck and trailer 
>and
>car made it to Olympia but was at a friend's house out by black lake.  I 
>got
>directions to go look at it (being the impatient person I am) but never
>found it.  I then found out that it was taken to a tire shop (not a big 
>name
>aparently) and they didn't have the right tires so it had to stay over the
>weekend while they found the right tires.  Once that was finished it was
>suppose to find it's way either to the yard or to my house within the next
>couple days.  Everyday after work I was expecting to see a new scirocco in
>my driveway to no avail.  Aparently this guys nephew (the one who 
>supposedly
>brought it from E. WA) was driving the truck WITH the car and trailer one
>night (beer run???  who knows?) and was pulled over for a broken tail light
>and was caught driving on a suspended license???  So, now the
>truck/trailer/car is in impound and they put a thirty day hold on it.
>Somehow they got it knocked down to a 10 day hold and it should be 
>available
>tomorrow, he thinks!!  So, even though my car is totaled it is still
>driveable but the insurance and registration is been long canceled/expired
>and so I can't go whoop up on some honda retards.  Now, I get to drive my
>diesel truck around or the Town & Country minivan (nice as it is) and see
>these little stupid hondas buzz around me like I'm standing still.  I still
>have a line on a 77 Rabbit shell for $50 (with a good auto trans that might
>sell??) but is a little rougher than I'd like to start with AND not the
>scirocco that my wife and I both would like to fix up.  The ragtop in MT is
>also rather interesting to me but a little too far away unfortuneately,
>plus, those tops are HARD and EXPENSIVE to get parts for!!  On a side note,
>my friend and I do stomp a few once in a while in his GTI VR6!!!
>
>Dave
>
>
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Chris DeLong
ICQ#45030867
Seattle, WA USA
'80 16V 'Rocco ragtop
'91 GLi 2.0 16V
'77 Rabbit 16V
'80 'Vert (parting out!)
'61 17 Window type II
'91 Vanagon
'78 Rabbit
'84 Jetta


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