After 4 Years and 3 Mk2s I finally got another

[badpenny]

Sooo, After my first scirocco

went up in flames performing a fuel pump test....

I aquired ownerizers scirocco,

which came at a time that I didn't have the room. Then a couple of months ago, I aquired a wrecked scirocco that was more of just a shell,

that I had planned on fixing, but ended up tearing down due to the ripped sheet metal. So two weeks ago I recieved an offer to aquired yet another (the 3rd) Flash Silver Mk2 scirocco.
Had a moment to snap a couple of cheap pics.

A 2x4 courtesy of Hurricane Ike, was deposited at the base of the passenger side of the windshield.

Rust, mostly surface. The original owner didn't know how to maintain the sunroof, so instead of fixing a tube, they bondo'd the roof, and glassed, and welded, and something tar like. Then they proceeded to "restore" the car by sanding all the clearcoat off, taking all the trim off, and half-assed primered it.

Most of the lenses are busted, so I need to get those replaced, the front corners are heat burnt, as is the drivers side mirror case.


Certain components are missing from the engine bay, namely the fuel system, Soooo, this one is going to be carb'd in short order.

[ziggirocco]

good luck with the build, but you shoul;d look thru the calssefieds, there are a few roccos for sale out there that would make a much better foundation for a project and not cost too much either. in any case for keeping another one on the road!!

[badpenny]

seeing that I have all the items to get this car running is a plus. It also was within my budget that his one happened to be "free", and we all know what that means. So yeah, I think is going to be worth it, seeing that Texas really doesn't have a winter, or fall for seasons. Just a few days of spring, and a lot of summer.

[badpenny]

Still looking for lenses. Will be pulling fenders for cleaning and conditioning this week.

[VolksAddict]

Best of luck with the project.

[cabbycaddy80]

I thought you had lenses. I'll check the "attic" to see what I have. Do you want perfect or is some minor cracking okay?

[badpenny]

I thought you had lenses. I'll check the "attic" to see what I have. Do you want perfect or is some minor cracking okay?

Hold off on that.

[badpenny]

I have a full set of lenses for it, I am currently running through the electrical system and replumbing the fuel lines. There are a couple of sections that I am going to have to remove due to corrosion. All is coming along smoothly. I am currently looking at bumper choices. Man, decisions, decisions

[badpenny]

Ok, damn near a whole year, and nothing productive has taken effect. The car still pretty much sets as is right now. Good news bad news time. Good news, I still (sort of) have the car. Bad news, got a divorce finalized back in december. Good news All my stuff is in one place, Bad news, she still lives there. Good news, I served eviction notice on the 29th of Jan. Bad news, I had to serve the eviction notice. Anyways, I have been living at my mothers house for the past 7 months while she figured out what she wanted to do, got tired of waiting for her to do something and I did it. DIVORCE, yay. Anyways. I needed something to keep me from going stir crazy, as I don't know when the sheriff and judge will tell her when she must vacate, so I threw down a little on an 82 CL find.
8v
single front wiper
no 3rd brake light
manual sunroof (thought to have leaked, so was "sealed" with rtv)
4-2-1 exhaust
converted to carb
14in aftermarket wheels
tintjob from the dark of space
red vinyl and plaid cloth interior
came with all paperwork and history
all in all, not a bad deal in my book
no battery, hasn't ran in 3 years due to family responsibilities

Yeah, the aftermarket wheel will be the first to go, I have a S1 wheel I am going to put on it.



Wow, now that I think about it, this is my 5th S2

[California 16v]

Glad you found an 82 Scirocco to work on

[Neptuno]

randall, thanks for pointing out this good fellows fortune...red is sexy sir!

[badpenny]

Alot has transpired since I last posted in this thread. The Ex Moved out in March, I moved back in. Quit my job, after recieving a stupid offer on another position. I took it. (no risk, no reward) Well, turns out, I have been out of the cut-throat buisness way to long. Lost it within 8 weeks. Unemployed, Went to Midland for a pipelining operation, that lasted 8 weeks. Now, unemployed since July. Money mainly moving towards creditors and mortgage. So Chin Up . The downtime has given me plenty of opportunity to do things.

I built a doggie villa out of cabby parts and wood I had lying about.

Ungrateful puppy, doesn't know how awesome it is to have your own home.

During construction. You can see cabby frame pieces that were used for the roof. 47 inches wide.


Ok, so on to the scirocco content. cabbycaddy, was gracious enough to offer me a project, after the trade off of my cabriolet for a wrecked scirocco. Thats how this whole thread started. Ok, 1st an update on the 82. Pretty much exactly the way it was setting. and at my mothers house. All it needed was a battery. And it needs to be moved, speedo replaced, windshield replaced, something else, I forget. Anyways, once that is accomplished I can start performing some documentation on its progress. The new girlfriend loves Sciroccos. She likes vw vans (poptops) more. So I am actually looking for employment and a campervan (aircooled).

Now on with the 86. The gf's daughter has started asking about this one. I swear I will never be able to drive one. Girls know that all they have to do is pout, and I cave. Girls are mean.
On with the photos
Under all the bondo on the roof, was a decent welding job. cabbycaddy is not to blame for this, its the po. The po did it to stop a roofleak. Silly Houstonian....

but the kitty hair wasn't doing its job without assistance from the bondo.

So after cleaning up the seam (I wanted to see what could be done with what I had.) Found that the welds are done so good that if I am to remove them, I may end up cutting the original sheet metal and the sunroof would never seal again. When the leak in the first place was a clogged drip tube. So zinced it up and closed it up for the moment with duct tape. There is going to be a manual popup sunroof here. By my measurements its 15 1/2 by 35 inches. Anyone want to correct me on this? better yet, anyone running a popup sunroof?

Went to tackle this

Found this

I can't even remove the rust due to the lack of metal remaining. So I found a later cabby seat with height adjustment on it, So I will be using it.
Been slowly attacking rust, and a dent.

I am also finding that the cold galvanizing zinc paint, is closer to the stock color than "aluminum" which reflects a ton of light, and I can't stand around it to long without sunglasses on.

[Mtl-Marc]

better yet, anyone running a popup sunroof?

Yup, and it leaks.

If it were mine, I'd find a nicer shell.

IMHO, that one is done.

[ziggirocco]

Yup, and it leaks.

If it were mine, I'd find a nicer shell.

IMHO, that one is done.

Ya seeing the black Rocco and how much better it already is, I would part what you can and dump the silver car. It's done! IMHO

[TBerk]

Mr. Penny, Bad has show'd up again. Isn't that just like... never mind.

So, Life's been happening. Welcome to the 'Interesting Times' club. (Don't forget, In the Chin Up dept, a challenge is also an opportunity...)

As far as the Silver Scirocco; it's got some rust-through, a broken windsheild, a welded up sun roof, and some missing pieces. Right so far?

(What, if anything is 'wrong' w/ the black one?) <-- Are you sure the bad-pouty-girl isn't going to be better off in one of those Roofless Rabbits?

Just how bad, and where else is the rust on that Silver car? It might well ber servicable for non-showcar duties.

[scirocconaut]

I saw you cut that patch out of the 86 floor pan

Time to get grinding and wire wheeling and weld that patch in

I think a chassis is never too far gone these days and anything can be fixed
All you need is a welder and some pieces cut off a good donor.

If I knew then what I know now I would have picked up a right side frame rail chunk and front core support and tacked it all in increments slowing filling in with a coat hanger

I like the final dog house end-product

[badpenny]

As far as the Silver Scirocco; it's got some rust-through, a broken windsheild, a welded up sun roof, and some missing pieces. Right so far?

Semi welded sunroof. Considering getting a welder and finishing the job. Other than that, complete car, ok it doesn't have a rear bumper, I have a cunning plan for that. But yes.

(What, if anything is 'wrong' w/ the black one?) <-- Are you sure the bad-pouty-girl isn't going to be better off in one of those Roofless Rabbits?

Windshield, fuel relay, carb tuning. And bad-pouty-girl is of the fairest skin. Sun/mild radiation = not good for a gingers complection.
I have owned 9 roofless rabbits. Don't plan on another one. I actually gave them all away. No one wanted to buy them. Heck, I even traded one to scirocconaut.

Just how bad, and where else is the rust on that Silver car? It might well ber servicable for non-showcar duties.

Yeah, I am not looking for showcar status on this one. This one is a straight project to daily status. So It might just get welded up and a non-sunroof custom headliner put in it, and some plaid seats.
The only rust is the fuel line, that I have found. Quite suprized the brakelines aren't, but the brakelines also had underbed coating on them.

[badpenny]

Just found out, that I might be driving the black Rocco soon. Well, as soon as I find a ZX2 to replace it.

Anyways, the silver car will be having dent removal done today. I started on it. It looked like this

Did some work to it, and it looks like this

Its been hot lately, so I might be able to get it out today.

[badpenny]

In the previous post,this is to clarify the marking of my thumb, the smaller circle represents where I got the dent to, simply by pushing out with my thumb.

How I can show a 3d representation of how deep the dent was.



And after an hour and a half. Considerably less. Sanding helped me find the spot. Its nowhere close to what I would want. Not a perfectionist by any means... it's 12 years of inspections that cause this obsession with a quality job.

Now, I did have a hammer and dollie kit for this. Sadly, one of two things happened, the dollie was to tall or it wasn't the right applicable shape. So I used my thumb again. The great thing about that, was I didn't have to take 5 minutes finding where I was when I had to check the progression of the metal. This way, I could accomplish it while I was hammering. My thumb is a bit sore. Good with the bad I guess.

[badpenny]

Working on fixing the hole in the floor, sanding, halting surface rust, investigation, replacing fuel lines, and a headliner.

[badpenny]

Working on fixing the hole in the floor, sanding, halting surface rust, investigation, replacing fuel lines, and a headliner.

C-Pillars and the mounts for the hatch are eaten up with rust. Assessing/Reassessing.