Did somebody say "Scirocco"?, NPC - show us yours! Options

[scott_in_nh]

here's mine - miss it.
The kids called it "Bullseye" because we would get pulled over all the time.

[Scott S]

The Scirocco was my dream car in high school. Finally found a decent MK1 – soooooo excited. Called the insurance company to get my budget all together and they had it classified as a sports car – the rates were double of rabbit. I had to pull the plug!
Fast forward a month or so - Dad was doing lots of business in EU and decided to buy a grey market Audi 5000 (it was ’84). At the dealer he was using in Germany, there was rabbit (Golf) for sale that he said was in really good shape for $2200. I had 1700. He fronted me the rest under the premise that the car could not leave our driveway until it was paid off (I probably put a thousand miles on that car backing it out of the garage, washing it, and driving it back in before I paid it off). I threw all the US GTI stuff on it. Loved it. Got into auto crossing in college and at one of the bigger events, they put the car into the modified class (it was built as an IT/street prepared car). They said it was due to the euro vin number.

After some research it was discovered to be a 1978 GTI. I stripped off the US spoiler, put the stock front flares back on (US GTI were molded to match the spoiler) and fiber glassed the broken up duck bill spoiler that came with the car. I did retain the 14” GTI wheels (never liked the 13” alloys).

Miss that car. It’s been decades, but last I heard the shell is still sitting propped up in a junkyard in Durango, CO if anyone wants a euro GTI shell (that is a bit twisted). My name was painted on the drivers door. I lost a rear wheel and put it into a ditch on it’s side….

I also helped put the owner of Neuspeeds kids through college. They were the go-to guys for sure. Then I found Techtonics Tuning for the 1985 GTI that replaced the rabbit. Drove the cr@p out of that car too.

I loved that era of VW’s and Audis. I still keep my eye open for a 1992 2.0 16V GTI (with the factory BBS wheels) – or a GT Quattro Coupe (a would trade my tail dragger for a good one of those…… a Scirocco on steroids!)

Fun thread!