1982 Scirocco CL - Up for sale :(

[trg1984]

i jhope you have more fun doing the brake pipes than i did on my mini, nightmare doesnt even come close

[leigh]

Well buddy, its of no consolation to you at all but the brakes on my scirocco have been an absolute fecker to sort out. The car has no MOT since Jan 2006 and in order to assist the brakes in bedding in i need to drive it - except i cant drive it cos its got no MOT!!!! AAAaaarrrgh!!! I've replaced all of the components on mine barr the master cylinder and I'm just hoping i can get it through MOT cos its driving me loco!!

[whitbytom]

This weekend I will be mostly - welding...

[whitbytom]

Today I got a spark in my ear. I hope the neighbours weren't listening, I swore, a lot.

[whitbytom]

I've not updated this in a while, I've not weighed it in just yet:

Finally some pictures of the progress:

Back end is finished, made a start on the front...


Fubard wishbone - new ones on order....


The money shot, polybush, new brake pipes, flexis and my pukka welding:


Hopefully it'll be back on 4 wheels by next week

[Thrasher]

WHOA ! at the wishbone !!!!!! :-o

[whitbytom]

They were both pretty nasty, still straight but paper thin in places. New ones will be here on Monday.

I'm going to GSF tomorrow for a tie rod and a few other bits, I really need to make sure the wife doesn't see the credit card bill this month!

[whitbytom]

Right, the moment of truth is rapidly approaching. The MOT is booked for 8.30 Thursday morning! I know the car doesn't look a lot different, but I don't want to add up the amount of work that's gone into keeping this alive. I've got scars and burns all over me thanks to this car, so it had better be worth it!

Latest installment - front end is done, brakes are bled, all sorted. Then I started poking round for MOT fails, and found the horn didn't work. Much arsing about in the rain with a multimeter, cleaned the contacts up all round, and now it works
Next on the list was the exhaust. I'd had a bodged up piece of pipe in the place of the back box (which fell off) for a while, but as my mate John was breaking his Rocco, he kindly donated the back section of his to help out - cheers pal!
Unfortunately, his being a later shape Rocco, and mine being a relic (pre 84), meant that the exhaust was nowhere near the right shape, and all the hangers were in the wrong place. So, out came the welder, and I made some adjustments:
I chopped off the bit over the axle, marked and tacked the box to the original pipe:


Fitted it, adjusted it, fitted it etc etc about 40 times until it sat right, then welded it:


It may only be standard, but I'm chuffed with how it sits:


Also have to give Clare (the wife) a mention for supplying me with beverages


I'm doing something a bit different with the Schmidts too, but I've got some playing about to do before VW Festival on Sunday.
Fingers crossed for Thursday

[whitbytom]

Well, I just got back from the test centre and.......


Yeeeeeaah! She PASSED! One advisory, on a tyre!

The MOT tester commented that the quality of the welding was good, that all the mechanicals were spot on, and that all it needed now is a paintjob!

I disagree with him there actually, I'm not a fan of bodywork, but a 16v engine would do nicely! Anyway, big thanks to Gary McCullagh at Allenby Road Garage, top man.

All that's left to do before Sunday, is get a tax disc, and polish the hell out of it!

[Speedle]

grats dude! a well earned MOT if i ever saw one! its a cracking car and great to see its staying on the roads

[gtxtra]

nice one tom. hoping to get the gtl sorted by end of august too - fiddly stuff compared to your brilliannt effort!

[whitbytom]

Cheers for the kind comments. It made it to VW Festival in Leeds, did over 200 miles and performed faultlessly all weekend. The only thing I'd change is do a 5 speed (or 4+e) swap, as at an indicated 75-80mph in 4th (68 on the sat nav) it was doing 4000 rpm. This photo pretty much sums up my journey over (trying to keep up with my pal John in his Bora!)


He also took some great shots of the car, cheers John:

[TYP 19]

Jul 24, 2008 18:16:09 GMT Thrasher said:

WHOA ! at the wishbone !!!!!! :-o

loving that "Titanic"-look wishbone too

[Ruki]

Nice dub.

[Lex]

Thats a lovely CL... The front grill with only outer lights is a great look.

I just think its a shame you painted the outside of your wheels black, really not my thing. But if you like it, fair enough.

[whitbytom]

I realise the wheels aren't to everyone's taste, but then neither are Sciroccos!

The lacquer was lifting on the dishes of the wheels, so I just invested £5 in some satin black and painted em up. They'll be getting a professional refurb when the time comes.

I've been doing some research into engine conversions, and I'm going to look at a potential donor car at the weekend :-)

[whitbytom]

As you may have read, this is up for sale now. As soon as I started looking at donor cars I had a bit of a reality check. Like the fact I have 2 other cars to finish that have been sat on my folks driveway for approaching 4 years.

I'll probably be posting build threads for the other 2, one's a 1967 Moggie Traveller, and the other is a 1971 Series 2a landy.

I'll try and point the new owner in the direction of this thread and hopefully they'll keep it updated!