[Re: Mk1 Scirocco Center Console Q's]

[Cmr446 at cs.com (Cmr446@cs.com)]

  First to answer Neal's question, I don't think so. What with the gauge 
panel in it, I'm fairly sure it was standard equipment, unlike the bunny-cars. I 
tried to find one from a MK1 Scirocco that was the same color as my Rabbit's 
interior without any luck.
  Is your car AC or non-AC? My non-AC console sat in a shed for the last few 
years so I had to figure the same thing out before driving out to AZ. 
  It should only need three screws, one long one that fastens the back of the 
console to the floor. The other two screws (maybe an inch long?) secure the 
console to the heater box. The holes for those two are near the top of the 
console, forward in the space above the gauges. The fun part is lining up the 
holes even if you haven't replaced that panel the shifter mounts to. 
  One thing to remember is the console fits up to the heater box instead of 
setting on the floor like the Rabbit consoles did. 
  As for the metal strip attached to the front of the console, you should be 
able to get the console back in without removing it.   
 HTH,

Carl
77rocco - the ongoing obsessive-dependant relationship, without the guesswork.
03Vue

In a message dated 7/11/2003 2:13:17 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
losinit@usa.net writes:


> There may have been a piece of metal (like 1/2" wide, 12" long and with 1/2
> turned up for the "rivet" at each end.) It riveted into the back/bottom of 
> the
> console (with plastic rivetlike fasteners you have to cut off), it ties the
> back together at "carpet" level. I stripped the 80 interior, that's how I
> know, it's a PITA to get that strip out till you snip the fasteners. It's a
> non AC car.
> Cathy
> 
> Mark Hausler <mk1scirocco@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > --- Neal Tovsen <nealtovsen@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Was there ever a Mk1 Scirocco that did NOT have a
> > > center console? I know there were a few Rabbits that
> > > did not have them.
> > > 
> > > Anybody got a description or some good pictures of
> > > how
> > > the center console is supposed to mount in the car?
> > > My
> > > car was torn apart when I got it, and I can't seem
> > > to
> > > figure out how it goes back in properly.
> > > 
> > > Neal
> > > '77 G60
> > > 
> > 
> > A good description? maybe- Mine in my 81 is held in
> > place by a screw right before the shifter (between the
> > shifter and e-brake) and then two screws on the sides
> > right where it meets the dash. Those top ones on mine
> > screw into the plastic a/c housing (looks kinda like a
> > dealer install job- but I know it is original on my
> > car)
> 
>