Another Mk1 Saved, Introducing The SH*TROCCO Project

[MattRad]

This will be the first project thread I have ever posted and will be starring a very rusty 1980 Scirocco S we picked up last Saturday. Saddest6day66 found this car sometime ago and has been gracious enough to let me start the project at his garage, pick his brain for advice, and offer help when I get stuck since the amount of work to get the car road worthy is quite a hefty order. The P.O. kept the car running over the years but did nothing to prevent the body from rotting, so as you can see from the photos I've got my work cut out for me. Over the past week I've had it, I cleaned it out, removed the interior, found lots of rust, cut out some bad metal, and started fabricating and welding new floors.

Picking up the car












ROT

First time welding thin and rusty metal






A picture of my daily driver


Plans for the car are to get it solid and safe and leave it in its wonderfully neglected glory. Possibility of a motor swap so stay tuned for more updates.

[ziggirocco]

Crunchy!

[Meltkamp]

holy eff that is rusty!

[petebee]

Cool...body looks straight as a pin, but she's crunchy for sure!

[Michael Bee]

Nice to see another Mk1 brought back to life, back to reality.

which was lovely.

[IronTrap]

Least she has a lot of friends in my driveway

pumped to make this abomination live

[16V_Scirocco_GTX]

BTW, judging from the rust .. before you get too far welding stuff up you might want to consider looking behind the floor panel in the footwell. The rear a-arm mount is there and I bet ya it's rusty as hell too.

[MattRad]

BTW, judging from the rust .. before you get too far welding stuff up you might want to consider looking behind the floor panel in the footwell. The rear a-arm mount is there and I bet ya it's rusty as hell too.

Its all rusty but the A arm mount is actually somewhat solid, the plan of attack is to get the floor most of the way tied in and solid then move on to cutting away the footwell and reenforcing the A-arm mount. From there I can button up the front of the of car move back through the rockers and then on to reenforce the rear beam mounting points. Its very surprising how solid the structural points actually are but we still have deemed it unsafe to drive any further than moving it around the drive way.

[Rays-Rocco]

This will be the first project thread I have ever posted and will be starring a very rusty 1980 Scirocco S we picked up last Saturday.







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A picture of my daily driver


Plans for the car are to get it solid and safe and leave it in its wonderfully neglected glory. Possibility of a motor swap so stay tuned for more updates.

FYI... That doesn't appear to be an S Model. S models didn't come with a wood grain dash or with the chrome outline in the grill.
GL with the restore!

[d-bot]

Nom nom nom!

[8716vrocco]

You are brave sir

[16V_Scirocco_GTX]

Its all rusty but the A arm mount is actually somewhat solid, the plan of attack is to get the floor most of the way tied in and solid then move on to cutting away the footwell and reenforcing the A-arm mount. From there I can button up the front of the of car move back through the rockers and then on to reenforce the rear beam mounting points. Its very surprising how solid the structural points actually are but we still have deemed it unsafe to drive any further than moving it around the drive way.

Nice, please post pics of the reinforcement when you do .. I might copy the procedure.

[Granitethewolf]

I must say you've got balls taking on a project like this. I hope it works out!
Another rocco saved is good in my book, and im sure everyone else would agree unless they dont like MK1's

Props man

[MattRad]

Saddest6day66 did a test fit of his modifed and refinished compomotive race wheels on my ****rocco today. This is what the car will need, gold centers. Some people see rust we see potential.

[vr6pack111587]

Looks sweet matt!

[dubina4steve]

I remember a few years ago I went up to his place to pick up a euro rad support for my MK3 and those compomotives were his coffee table

Good luck with the build, definitely a lot of potential

[MattRad]

I remember a few years ago I went up to his place to pick up a euro rad support for my MK3 and those compomotives were his coffee table

Good luck with the build, definitely a lot of potential

The 15" Ronal Racing Magnesium Turbos coffee table is still there and are for his 76, these ones are 14" compomotives

[86rocco8v]

that car is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

spray it with a few coats of satin clear to seal the rust and keep it looking as is.

[VWM4YH3M]

i wanna see morwwaaaaa

[IronTrap]

The compomotive coffee table is still there and are for his 76, these ones are 14"

Not to be nit-picky.. but they are a bit more rare, 15" Ronal Racing Magnesium Turbos for the 76..


Wait until it has coils.. then i'll be tempted to test fits all sorts of junk out of the basement

[MattRad]

Wait until it has coils.. then i'll be tempted to test fits all sorts of junk out of the basement

I can't wait I have been dreaming big all day about the project

[Toffeerado]

I need a mk1 rocco in my life someday.

[OorsciroccO]

Ballzy project I must say. The reply on clearcoating the rust is a pretty neat call - get the overall unibody tight, add some suspension, and what a sleeper she would be.

If you have higher aspirations - more power to ya.

Just git 'er done!

Good luck!

[farvy87]

i can only dig it

[Chris16vRocco]

[dubina4steve]

The 15" Ronal Racing Magnesium Turbos coffee table is still there and are for his 76, these ones are 14" compomotives

oh my bad

[MattRad]

Progress is slow. Dealing with the rain and my job getting in the way...









Driver floor is almost all the way tied in from the top. Still have a lot to do.

[83mk2scirocco]

Nice job so far.Sadestday is a good person to receive help from.
That's a ton of rust,keep up the rustoration.
It would be nice to see a rusted car get saved.

What are you doing in side the a pillar,and in sidee the wheel wells.
Eastwood has that spray on/in stuff,if you go that way I would be WAY interested to see how its done.
I want to do it my 76,I want to preserve it as best as I can.

[benjaminobscene]

Great work on the floor bud

[MickR]

Wow. I would say, "just wow", but really there must be so much rust in the engine area, and suspension areas and such too, right? But no matter - get it back on the road!

[MattRad]

I'm horrible at updating but here's a few pictures of the last few weeks work.

The scene at El Estate.




Cut, grind, weld, cut, grind, weld.
















Mock up of the shortened rear bumper.


Good bye old heart.


Fuel lines and wiring prepped for heart transplant


Anyone need a good running 1.8l 8v?


Finished shortening the front bumper.


Pictures from this evening, drivers side floor is now 95% complete and strong.









Happy Halloween, more updates to come.

[Meltkamp]

did you put the ends back on the bumpers after you shortened em or just cut em? I had the ends plastic welded back on mine

[Nataku]

Now this is dedication!

Wish the general population of the west coast could see this. They literally throw away rust-free cars.

[Tim Chunks]

for progress keep going. looking good.

[Pats16vGTI]

keep it up dude! I vote for a 2.0 aba just casue I love em. But thats all on you!