Re: MK2 U.S. History

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

Yes indeed, I should have said that- the '83's came with the 1.7 or the 1.8-
I've seen both. Dunno about the half year intro, but all three '83's that I've
had with the 1.8 had leather and were built in 7/83... ironic, eh?
    -Josiah

Mark A Peele wrote:

> All my books indicate that 1983 Sciroccos came with 1.7 OR 1.8 motors.
>
> I remember the first time I saw a Scirocco in the showroom with a JH and
> swaybars.
>
> I believe the JH was introed to the Scirocco mid model year (1983) as
> part of the "Wolfsburg Edition" package. SPECULATION: It may be that VW
> decided it was dumb to have the Rabbit GTi equiped with a more powerful
> motor than their sport coupe and just imported the JH equiped models
> after that.. Wolfsburg Edition trim levels varied somewhat from year to
> year and I believe they did not always have power windows.
>
> Keep in mind that I hated the MK2 when I came out (but still managed to
> drag myself into the showroom periodically)
>
> Mark . . .
> Scirocco 1982, Golf GT 1987
> Previous Sciroccos: 1981S (RIP), 1980S, 1975TS, 1975
> http://home.t-online.de/home/Scirocco2/marc.htm
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> From: Kathy Teulie <104372.1061@compuserve.com>
> To: "Alex Ting" <alex@millenniumsolutions.net>,"Wm. Josiah Erikson"
> <josiah@gsinet.net>, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Buying a Scirocco... (Fake GTX)?
> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 12:00:56 -0400
> Message-ID: <199810091201_MC2-5C31-852E@compuserve.com>
>
> I wonder if the 83 had a 1/2 year up grade?
> Are you going by the build date or the VIN?
> All my books list the chage in 84.
> Did they do a Wolfsburg and add all the toys?
> I know the last mono wipers were cool.
> My cars are the newer versions of the MK1 and MK2.
> ????
> I would to get this stuff worked out for my history page.
> Thanks.
>
> Doug
> 87 16v silver Scirocco "GTX"
> 81 8v red Scirocco "S"
>
> Message text written by "Alex Ting"
> >
> I agree.
> I've got an '83 with the 1.8, vented discs and monowiper.
> The only thing it doesn't have is the big rear spoiler
> (but that's on the way).
> I've had two '82s, both with NO swaybars, solid rotors,
> and the underpowered 1.7.<
>
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