old foreign car, no engine (was: FS: 81 in Minnesota)

[spewey at comcast.net (Spewey)]

Due to a series of exploding concubines, massive offshore outsourcing 
mergers, and random cat turds I was possessed to put My Precious up for 
sale.  A handful of folks said, " Yeah!  I'm down, dood!" and I salute 
them but have to share the details of the scary potential separation. 
[Among them was MkI king Mark from Ontario, Canada to whom my replies 
bounced after a day or two.  I am deeply sorry but this appears to be a 
results of overeager spamblocking of one of the largest ISPs in America 
which I cannot properly deal with at the moment.  Please forgive me for 
not responding--I did and some of the info is in here....]

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Management has approved a discount for purchasers who promise to drag it 
away behind another Scirocco.  I can't imagine anything cooler.

I will try to address some of the issues which would allow a lister to 
take advantage of my grievous error in possibly letting go of this 
automobile.

The windshield in the hatch/trunk is not the one for that car.  The real 
one is in the garage attic which can only be reached by lifting the door 
with the broken spring and moving the car (a mint 1974 Dodge Dart) that 
is in the way.  Things get complicated when you get old (33).

Under the glass is an A2 knock box and CIS-E comp.  The knock sensor 
itself is on the dash.  I always intended to do this as an 8V but times 
have caught up and many other options are now available.  I have a 
couple of 1.8 longblocks but nothing ready to drop in.  Somewhere the 
original 4-speed lurks but I know I got no good 5-speed 020s.  I have a 
new A/C MkII rad and other stuff I would no longer need if I sold this. 
  That stuff is worth money.  I hate how cars and money are intertwined 
but I can't forget the way I got this far.  Money.  The Spax kit is from 
Ron's so it's lifetime warrantied! ;)  J/K--can anyone tell me how that 
all turned out?  Does noone VW use Spax after that fiasco?  I have been 
out of touch.

All the missing trim bits I have, it would just take an experienced hand 
to match up the right bolts to the right holes if someone bought this in 
pieces.  No kids!

I got the car from a kid.  After I did his brakes, he blew a hole in the 
block and I paid like $316 for it in 1995 recognizing the cleanness of 
the body.  After that my entire VW life was dedicated to making the 
perfect Scirocco.  I started my obsession with a Basic Model 1977 Rabbit 
and to me nothing could be more perfect than the simple elegance of 
these designs.  Needless to say I never got done.  Most of the work was 
done in the mid-90s and since then it has sat.  I painted some dings 
with German Zinc paint and they have remained pretty stable over the 
last 5 years.

I have a ton of vw crap.  Whoever buys the car gets the [stock US] 
bumpers and one set of lights but some people said the windshield is 
worth a few hondo on its own.  It would all have to get figured out so 
the big stuff you want is in there when you come.  Small stuff forgotten 
could be mailed but that grows into a hassle after a while.  What do you 
want?  I have a super-nifty Drake 8V cam, 100m speedo-only rabbit 
cluster, ten jillion rims, spare new brake parts and other things but it 
would depend on what engine you planned to use or, I suppose, the other 
cars you have.  Like I said, no hurry.

I am surprised noone said, "Build it, you wuss!"
I do still like to just talk about Sciroccos, you know.

It's a piece of my heart.  Make me an offer.
Accomodations and continental breakfast are free.

-Spewmeister


Spewey wrote:
 > No engine or transaxle
 > SPAX adjustable suspension kit
 > poly bushings
 > lower stressbar
 > windshield is cracked but I have a spare
 > Window rubber is all pretty cruddy
 > Body is in good shape
 > Grille & bumpers were removed for storage and are undamaged
 > Interior: black vinyl buckets & woodgrain dash panel
 > Factory metal sunroof
 > Currently sitting on Ronals from an Audi 4KS (wrong offset)
 > 4KS rear drum brake upgrade
 > Factory A/C compressor is hanging
 > Mk2 rear axle w/swaybar thingy
 >
 > Title is clean, I have had it since 1995.
 > This is a half-done project and was never raced.
 >
 > It is in St. Paul, Minnesota.
 >
 > PICTURES! (about 800kb)
 > http://s94043504.onlinehome.us/scirocco/
 >