Sowo Pics...Mostly Rocco

[petebee]

So my buddy Dave and I decided to take a little road trip to Helen, GA to check out the Sowo show and let Tater stretch his legs. What a great day for a show.

On the way up we followed this bad boy for the last 20 miles or so (Dave is a P-car fanatic):



Absolutely beautiful factory 914-6 with a 3.2L Carrera engine. The pic doesn't do it justice. Funniest part was we both parked in the same field, but about 100 yards apart. As soon as we get out to stretch we see an older gentlemen jogging up to us. He was like "hey I haven't seen a MK1 Scirocco in ages" and we asked "hey is that your 914?" - of course it was.

His name was Frank and was a very cool dude. He loved my little ugly duckling and we drooled over his Porsche. Dave just got rid of his Tii project and is on the prowl for a 914 and Frank was a wealth of knowledge - even gave Dave his card and told him to call with any questions. Classy dude.

Then we noticed a cool MK1 drive up with a Zender body kit - it was our own galil762 (Joe). Very cool dude and his car is very nice (interior is beautiful):



Then off to the show to check out cars.

Nice gold MK1 with 16V



Awesome MK1 Jetta Coupe with 16V and awesome brown interior



Alpine White Rabbit GTI



Hey SciroccoJoe look another Cedar Green Scirocco



It probably understeers just a bit



And on the way home we followed this little guy for a while



We dubbed it the Sharkrocco as it had some nice gills painted over the spray bombed white paint, plus these crazy static wheel covers over the wheels that look kinda like a cross between ninja throwing stars and those salad shooter MK4 GTI wheels. He had put some kind of bolt in the centers of the covers so it looked like the wheels weren't spinning

We pulled up to him at a light and it was some old dude from Charlotte...a bit strange but what the hell, right? He said he dreamed up the wheel idea in the shower...

Filled up Tater for the ride home. He purred like a kitten the whole way (well kinda like a windy and buzzy old WWII airplane at least).



Next weekend Vintage at the Vineyards in Old Salem to drool over old 2002s and other cool BMWs.

[Blaines_Rocco]

Filled up Tater for the ride home. He purred like a kitten the whole way (well kinda like a windy and buzzy old WWII airplane at least).

So this is such a true statement, I had to show it to my girlfriend and she laughed really hard. (she hates my car)

[kerensky]

OK, Frank's 'teener is *seriously* nice. I'm wondering if I know him from 914world.com. God willing my 'teener will look like that when I'm done with it. And if I could have a MkI like that second pic, so much the better!

[petebee]

OK, Frank's 'teener is *seriously* nice. I'm wondering if I know him from 914world.com. God willing my 'teener will look like that when I'm done with it. And if I could have a MkI like that second pic, so much the better!

Here's a rump shot. I wish I had a better camera...this car was amazing.

[echassin]

Pete, it's nice to see your car out and about after all your tribulations

[WIKKIDWITCH]

Hey you caught a pic of me and my brother coming at yah! He's in the silver M3 and I was behind him in my Jetta

[petebee]

Hey you caught a pic of me and my brother coming at yah! He's in the silver M3 and I was behind him in my Jetta

Wow that's so random! How cool

[veedubtek]

looks like you missed a few rocco's

I was far too inebriated most of the weekend to take pics. Got to meet and chat up Mattrad and the ****rocco for a bit yesterday. Tons of cool cars...best SoWo to date by far.

[BluDemon]

I liked the rust bucket rocco....... I'll post some pictures once I unpack.

[petebee]

I liked the rust bucket rocco....... I'll post some pictures once I unpack.

Yeah Joe was telling me about Matt's car...we just did a quick tour of the actual show and it must have been in a spot that we missed.

[veedubtek]

he was parked in front of the orchid euro tent. stole this photo from jet:

[BluDemon]

love it.

is there anyone that doesn't know Jet?

[Michael Bee]

Great photos Pete. That is the 2nd 914-6 I have ever seen. The other is owned by a former co-worker of mine. He built a small garage just to fit his 914-6. I'd love to get my mits on it.

I expect photos from that Vintage/Vineyard gtg!!!

......please.

[Aw614]

I'll post my scirocco pics, a lot of MK1 out there. I talked to the vr6 scirocco owner and the one gold one with 16v swap, both cool guys

[Aw614]

[CasuallyWreckless]

Is the cedar green vr a member on here? Any more pics/info? Looked pretty centered... Possible eurowise kit

[veedubtek]

Definitely a eurowise kit, they were building it 2? weeks before SoWo I believe.

[mr lee]

it was great to see all the sciroccos at sowo! was kinda sad I didn't bring mine.

[Aw614]

Is the cedar green vr a member on here? Any more pics/info? Looked pretty centered... Possible eurowise kit

Not sure, I asked him if he was, but said he wasn't on the forums. I think he might be on aircooled forums or something. He told me the engine came from his Corrado VR6 after hail damage, which is seeing a 24v swap I believe

[BluDemon]

I can't believe after chatting with a few scirocco owners they didn't know about the Cincy annual meet and greet. Heck I was reading about Cincy years before I bought my car.

[California 16v]

I can't believe after chatting with a few scirocco owners they didn't know about the Cincy annual meet and greet. Heck I was reading about Cincy years before I bought my car.

Chris did you convince some of these people to attend Cincy this year?

Pete thanks for this thread

[BluDemon]

Chris did you convince some of these people to attend Cincy this year?

I chatted with a guy at SoWo that had the black 16v w/carbon fibre roof wrap and matte black vinyl graphic down the side of his car. Told him about vwvortex and cincy.

When I attended bug-a-poluza I chatted with a few that didn't know and one that hasn't done cincy for years. I hope they show up. Their rocco's looked very good.

[Aw614]

I guess this scirocco was the zender body kit one? I missed it b/c that double cab eurovan caught my eye

also this mk2

[CasuallyWreckless]

^ thing looks angry with the frenched lights and the Kamie eyebrow looks like there was a great turnout! My parents bought a house in sc this year I may have to voyage next year

[galil762]

Hey Pete! It was great talking to you this year, glad you were able to stay longer this time!! Thanks for the compliments! The VR'd Rocco was put together by the owner, he just bought the EuroWise kit! Did you notice that he had the stock front 9.4 and drum rear brakes!! I would hate to try and stop that car quickly..

[petebee]

Hey Pete! It was great talking to you this year, glad you were able to stay longer this time!!

What Joe is referring to is last year I literally got to Sowo, drove down the main drag and headed back home. Our caravan took woefully long to get there (why we went solo this year) and it was the first real trip in the Tater. 45amp alternator (i.e. flashlight strength headlights), no fifth gear and creeping oil temperatures driving at night alone somewhere in GA, SC and NC...it was a fun drive home!

Now I am man enough to take on Cincy driving solo in the rain at night (well I hope it isn't raining and I don't plan on driving at night).

[ziggirocco]

What Joe is referring to is last year I literally got to Sowo, drove down the main drag and headed back home. Our caravan took woefully long to get there (why we went solo this year) and it was the first real trip in the Tater. 45amp alternator (i.e. flashlight strength headlights), no fifth gear and creeping oil temperatures driving at night alone somewhere in GA, SC and NC...it was a fun drive home!

Now I am man enough to take on Cincy driving solo in the rain at night (well I hope it isn't raining and I don't plan on driving at night).

Upgrade the alt!

[petebee]

Upgrade the alt!

I have...

[Road Boss]