My 77 Rocco

[ian@bluemoon.hplx.net (ian Butler)]

On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, myjunkbox@rogers.com wrote:

> I'm pretty happy with it for what I paid.  :)  Seems no one likes VWs
> much around Detriot.   I was the only one who even called him on it.
> Good thing the car spent a lot of its life in California.  I have most
> of the dealer repair reciepts from 77-91.   After that he stopped
> keeping records and doing some of his own repairs.  I'll post some
> better pics when I get a chance.  Its pretty clean inside and out.
> The only real rust is in the front fenders.  Right at the bottom where
> they bolt (or used to) to the body.     The gentleman I bought it from
> even filled the tank with gas for me.  The gauge didn't work so the
> first place I went was the gas station.  Didn't I look like a knob for
> paying for 3 litres.   With a few hours of work, and a decent paint job,
> the car will be show quality.

Nobody likes Volkswagens in SE Michigan, or the rest of Michigan, or Ohio,
or Wisconsin... that Mk1 was an absolutely *beautiful* find, and I'm not at
all surprised nobody else was interested in it.  (I know it's beautiful,
because I got to drool on it for two weeks. :)

I bought my '88 16v last year from a guy just outside town, and I could have
eaten off the floor, the mats were freshly washed, the car was clean, no
rust (though that changed after winter; at least it's nothing a Dremel and
touch-up paint won't cure), never wrecked, two POs, R134 A/C... basically
the mint car we all dream of owning.  The guy had been trying to sell it for
THREE MONTHS -- I bought it an hour after I looked it over.  Imports are
ugly ducklings around the Motor City.

Ah well, it's one nice vehicle for me, and (eventually) one quick sale for
the PO. I think it was something about the scream of sixteen valves, or all
the numbers on the tach... or maybe that I wanted one for like three years
previous.  Whatever. :)

ian Butler / ian@hplx.net
'88 Scirocco 16v, '87 Syncro GL