What a little trooper

[ggehrke at gmail.com (GGehrke)]

Today I went and pulled my Scirocco out of storage.  I put it in
storage back at the end of june when I had a knee injury that kept me
from driving it back to school.  I had prepped it really well for the
storage because it was being kept outside, and it fired up with
relatively few problems.  I had it covered and tied up so the exterior
stayed in exactly the shape I left it, with the cover on tightly after
6 months.  The interior where I sandblasted and painted with POR-15 on
first inspection actually seems to have redeveloped rust problems,
which is a bit troubling.  I had put a rag into the exhaust pipe and
taped over it to keep rodents out (as per some instructions I found
online) and when i went to pull it out found it had accumulated
moisture, rusted to the pipe and frozen solid (its about 20* here
right now), so that was the only real problem, it took a long time to
dig it out with a screwdriver.  Had to jump the battery and crank it a
bunch of times before it would idle on its own, but it started up and
made the 2-3 mile trip home with no problems whatsoever.  I tried
restarting it once since it came home and got nothing, so my battery's
probably dead, and there are a ton of electrical gremlins to work out,
and I need to completely replace the brake system, but I'm hoping by
the new year it'll be ready for a 600 mile trek back out to Maryland. 
I'm so proud of it.  My parents had no faith in it running at all. 
Such a good little car.  I have no heater and left the windows down,
but was just grinning the whole way home.  After I let it warm up I
even hammered it a little and it really came alive.  Even with one of
my hard brake lines completely cut, it stops just fine.  My one
speaker radio even works!  Ah, I can't wait to start working on it
this week.  I'm sure I'll have tons of questions.  First order of
business is to replace the hard brake lines and probably do other
brake maintenance while I'm at it.  I might go for SS braided lines
and upgraded discs up front, but I'm not sure where exactly I want to
put my money yet.  Then it's wiring issues.  That'll probably be all I
have time for before my winter break is over, but hopefully by spring
I can also give its suspension some upgrades and keep fiddling with
the bodywork.  Anyways, i'm happy and just wanted to share.  Everyone
else I know thinks I'm crazy but I'm sure you guys understand :D :D :D

-Grant-
1979 (previously believed to be an 80) SITTING IN MY GARAGE!
Louisville, KY