Ignition Switch Problem?

[GUIDO.DAVID@PALO-ALTO.VA.GOV]

Desert wind people:
 
I have a 1980 Scirocco that use to start-up and run perfectly. Even after
sitting awhile (on vacation) I would come back and it would start right
up. Recently,
when I got back after two weeks of vacation I tried starting my
beloved Scirocco and Nothing! Plenty of battery power, and you could smell
gas galore but it would not catch...except you could feel it sputter a
little when moving the ignition key back to its starting position.
 
Finally it started though...ran uncartacteristically rough..then smoothed
out. I decided to take it on a drive to blow the cobwebs out. Ran
strong...not even a skipped beat from its 1.6L then all of a sudden it cut
out like someone had turned the ignition switch off! Dead to the world!
Nothing!
 
Anybody want to take a gander as to what's going on? Could it be a faulty
ignition switch?
 
Has anyone else had this type of problem or know of anything else that may
be the problem?
 
Sorry for the long post!
 
Cheers,
 
David Guido
1980 Scirocco (project car in progress)

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