Re: Last Roc of the Year - I nominate Gordon's 1975 Lagoon Blue Mk1

["C Boyko" <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>]

> On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 20:11:51 -0800, "Dick Y Wong"
> <sailingfc@dslextreme.com> wrote:
>
> > -Dick-
> > 78 Scirocco
> > Original Owner
>
> I appreciate the kind thoughts from you guys.
>
> So many people here have done so much work (and spent so much money)
> on their cars battling rust, repairing accident damage, correcting the
> POs assorted dubious mods, crawling through boneyards for obscure
> parts, etc.  I, OTOH (and Dick Wong, I see) just had to plunk down the
> money at the VW dealer, live in California, and been lucky enough to
> keep the shiny side up for the last 25 or 30 years.
>
> At the Bonelli park GTG in November, a guy looks at my car and says:
> "Nice car! - where did you get the PARTS?"  I don't know how many
> other "original owners" are here, but does a tinge of guilt ever hit
> you about answering that question?
>
> And for T Berk.. this is indeed a carburetor. :-)
> http://pws.prserv.net/gforbess/scirocco/weber.jpg
>
>
>
> Gordon
>
> 75 Mk I/Drake 1.9
> http://pws.prserv.net/gforbess/scirocco/scirocco.htm

Well, only diligence keeps your car from being one of those PO nightmares,
I'd say you deserve the "kind thoughts", that preventative little day to
day stuff is what makes the difference. And the car is gorgeous, it made
my New Year's Eve happier looking at it. I aspire to have mine be even
somewhat like it.

Cathy
1999 TDI New Beetle
1987 2L 16V Scirocco
1979 1.8L 10:1 8V
"Deja moo- the feeling you've heard this bull before"

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