Selling my Scirocco...

[mkii@nycap.rr.com (Josh Able)]

Sell the kid, keep the car.

:P


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Lee Fitzgerald" <clfitz@charter.net>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 11:30 PM
Subject: Selling my Scirocco...


> Well, folks, reality has finally hit me.  I need to sell my beloved
> Scirocco.  I've had this car for several years and had big plans for it.
> This wasn't an easy decision to reach.
>
> I'm in the process of making a family.  My girlfriend and I just bought a
> house, she has a nine-year old kid, you folks can probably guess the rest.
> I just don't have the time or (the important part) the money to devote to
> what is really a hobby car for me.
>
> It's a 1981 Scirocco, five-speed, pretty basic.  It's in
> Fayetteville, West Virginia, USA.  (The closest big town is probably
> Beckley, about twenty miles away.)
>
> I've done some stuff to repair it:  New motor mounts (two of them the
> high-performance variety), new cold-start injector, new distributor, new
> struts all around, one new axle shaft, and miscellaneous other small
things.
> It runs well but idles rough, probably needs a fuel pump.  The timing belt
> and water pump are new.  The body's in good shape, considering its age.
> There are two small rust places, one on the left rear quarter and the
other
> on the hood, of all places.  I drive it nearly every day, and it's never
> left me stranded.
>
> I know it's going to need a clutch soon, and it needs either a head
rebuild
> or a ring job--it smokes when started after being run for a while.  (Well,
> it
> smokes when started, but it's worse after being run.)  The interior needs
> some work, too.  I bought some new carpet, but insisted on putting it in
> myself, which was a mistake.  I cut it wrong, and it doesn't fit.  Doesn't
> matter, really--it's faded anyway.  The seats are dirty, too, and they're
> beyond cleaning.  I have an original radio, but don't know if it works.  I
> *do* know that all the factory speakers work.  Oh, yeah, I had to have a
> broken exhaust manifold stud replaced.
>
> I have an extra transmission (a four-speed) and some neat wheels.  The
> wheels are VW-made, can't remember the style and they're at my mother's
> house as I'm typing this.  (One of them is nicked in a couple places, not
> too badly but noticeable close-in.)  I'll go and find out if anyone's
> interested; they look like spokes, which that probably tells you what they
> are.  I think they were standard equipment of some models, but I'm not
sure.
> I also have the air-conditioning compressor I took out.  I have some
> interior parts, too, but they're small things, like the vacuum canister
for
> the heater controls, stuff like that.  The exhaust system is new from the
> manifold back.  I have a front bumper that's from a '78, and some exterior
> lights from that year.  I also have a mismatched set (at least, I think
> they're mismatched) of Euro lights and a Euro grille.
>
> >>>>I exchanged dashboards for one that's not as cracked as the one I took
> out, so the VIN number won't match the title; I don't see this as being a
> big deal, but any potential buyer should know about this.
>
> Price:  No reasonable offer refused.  I'll drive the car to within four
> hours of where I live if we can arrange a way for me to get back.  It'll
> have to be a weekend, though.  (My girlfriend might be able to help out
> here, but she's got a heck of a schedule.)
>
> I want to sell everything at once, so all the extra stuff I have lying
> around goes with the car.
>
> I really don't want to do this, but like I said up there, reality has hit.
> I need to get a decent car to haul my family around in, and I'm not
getting
> any younger.  Someone make me an offer so I don't have to sell this to
> someone who's going to to drive it back and forth to the coal mine.  I
want
> this car to have a good home and the loving care it needs.
>
> I don't have any pictures, but I can arrange to borrow a digital camera
and
> take a few.  I can send them via e-mail to interested folks.  You can
> contact me off-list at clfitz@charter.net or clfitz@fmrs.org (my work
> e-mail.)  Scirocco mailing-list messages are filtered into a folder, so
make
> sure you don't cc to the list or it'll get buried in list mail and not
seen
> for a couple days!  I don't want to send my phone number all over, but if
> you're sincerely interested, send me an e-mail and I'll return my phone
> number if you want to talk.
>
> Sorry for the long post, and thanks for reading this far...
>
> Carl Lee
>
>
>
>
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