It is with a heavy heart that due to ill health I am forced to sell my mothers 1981 mk1 scirocco storm. ( noiset brown) It has been owned by her for the last 27 years but unfortunately it has been laid up (dry stored ) for the last 7 years. Before I start please note that this is a restoration proje...

Ok, does anyone on the forum have it now? Be good to trace it.

Hi dingorocco, long time noe see, hope things are well with you and glad your still in the scene, I have fond memories of the trips we did with parts! Your more than welcome to come and see the car I will pm you my phone number and thanks for the encouragement.

I have owned quite a few mk1 sciroccos over the last 20 odd years but at one point I owned the press test car and vw demo mk1 storm HVV503T I had this car in about 1991 till 1993 and it came with mountains of history and the original press pictures I sold the car and it's always been the biggest reg...

I checked the rear beam mounting points and they seem solid just a bit of surface rust so that's a relief! I've already been through vw heritage site and have a whole list of parts I want to replace, the rear beam I intend to get shot blasted and powder coated before fitting new bushes and lines, I ...

Thank you mk1gls and I take your advice on board, the only problem is if I drop the rear beam first then I've no way of getting it on the trailer to the restorer, bit of a catch 22, might let him do that, it's a shame because I would like to take as much of it as I can, how difficult is it to drop t...

Hi you are welcome to them when I replace them, in fact you can have them for free! It's just nice to see another enthusiast benefit from them, can't wait to get it done now, it goes to the restorer next week.

Hi thanks, yes it's not a complete basket case so I think it can be saved, I am going to take the wings off and re-under seal the inner wings, I'm also going to replace all brake and fuel lines, bushes, wishbones etc etc, the rear subframe mounts seem ok but will know more when I drop it out. I'm fo...

This is how she looks now, first time it's seen daylight for 10 years, as you can see I have started stripping the car the pictures show the dreaded rot! http://i1144.photobucket.com/albums/o495/lancelitherland/imagejpg2_zpsde6216e1.jpg http://i1144.photobucket.com/albums/o495/lancelitherland/imagej...

How she looked circa 1998 my mother at the wheel! She used it every day, shopping, bingo, etc! http://i1144.photobucket.com/albums/o495/lancelitherland/ebd16a51-18b3-4c86-8378-abc7a718d1af_zpsf6af8aca.jpg http://i1144.photobucket.com/albums/o495/lancelitherland/097aa145-ce65-42b5-a403-8fa6f967b4cf_z...

Before I begin with the restoration I want to share the history and story of this great car. First technically this is not my car, it's my mothers who at 83 and suffering from dementia can no longer drive or remember this car. So I have prematurely inherited it. My mother bought the car in July 1987...

Build thread now started on projects, thanks for all the advice and injection of enthusiasm!

That build thread was very interesting don't think mine is quite as bad! Anyway got lots of pics so prob best to start a build thread on projects so follow the progress there thanks.

Thanks, yea fitting front wheel arch liners is a great idea and one I will defiantly do, like you said its a major rust trap. Fortunately the car was always garaged and the wings are perfect but I want to keep them that way, just need to find a really good body shop who will do a proper job of fitti...

That's what I want to do, what you can't see is the sills! They both need replacing and the rear quarter valance is also rotten, the rear arches have a few bubbles but the wings, inner, wings, doors, scuttle tailgate, bonnet are all rust free, not even a bubble! It seems the underside has suffered t...