Re: what's the deal with the snake?

["Dave Ewing" <rabbit16v@prodigy.net>]

My father-in-law said that when he was in the market for a new car in 1978
that the dealer was trying to sell him a scirocco with a snake on the hood.
Sidewinder does sound familiar.  He ended up with a dasher instead.  :^(

Dave
77 Rabbit 2.0L 16v
84 Scirocco

> Mark Mages wrote:
>
> > I was just pokin around on Ebay, and found this 'team
> > scirocco' patch with a rattlesnake on it.  What
> > exactly does a rattlesnake have to do with sciroccos?
>
> That patch is a VERY authentic reproduction of an early '80s patch that VW
> sold, along with a lot of other "Team Scirocco" merchandise, including
> crap like windbreakers.  I have the brochure here someplace.  That repro
> was done by listers Randy Block & Dave Guido, and it's them who are
selling
> them on Ebay.
>
> The rattlesnake comes from the early cars being called "Sidewinders".
>
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> Kevin Collins
> '86.5 16V 2.0
> '00 Passat GLS 1.8T
>
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