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Re: mk1 75-77 Differences



Amen, my '75 'oxidized' around me.  Good thing it didn't take me with it
<g>.



on 6/12/01 10:11 AM, Gary Huff at scirocco86@home.com wrote:

> People,
> I figured I would voice some advice to anyone looking to build, or other
> wise restore a very early mk1 scirocco. AVOID IT AT ALL COSTS :) Do yourself
> the
> favor of finding a 78-81. If you absolutely must have a 2 wiper mk1, like
> mysel
> f, then prepare to do a fair amount of creative engineering, such as
> fabricating
> a later model passenger side steering rack mount. The rack in my 75 had a
> bracke
> t coming off of it, that bolted in one point to what could be called the lower
> h
> alf of what would be a normal passenger side motor mount. Also be prepared to
> fi
> nd tons of rust, even if it is just surface, in every possible place. I swear,
> V
> W must have simple painted the cars cheaply, then sprayed the undercoating
> every
> where, because once undercoating is removed from here and there i'm finding
> bare
> metal. These cars also seem to be missing plugs in the floorboards, which
> allow
> s water to get in, and accumulate, thereby rusting through them quickly. If
> you
> lift the carpet, or get under the car you can see this. Fun times,
> -Gary Huff
> 
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