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by hall54
Sat Aug 07, 2010 8:49 am
Forum: Cleaning and Detailing
Topic: Polish/Compound Abrasive Chart
Replies: 3
Views: 2443

Re: Polish/Compound Abrasive Chart

It's like looking into the mind of a mad man... I can see it, but it makes no sense, lol. Optical fillers fill in swirls and marring using fillers contained in the polish, these are usually Kaolin/china clay, this will leave the surface optically smoother, basic physics tells us that the angle of i...
by hall54
Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:09 pm
Forum: Cleaning and Detailing
Topic: Polish/Compound Abrasive Chart
Replies: 3
Views: 2443

Re: Polish/Compound Abrasive Chart

Menzerna IP and Final Finish also contain optical fillers :yup:
by hall54
Thu Jul 15, 2010 5:28 pm
Forum: Links and Tuners
Topic: Volkswarenhaus/Type17.de?
Replies: 8
Views: 3644

Re: Volkswarenhaus/Type17.de?

mazellann wrote:You dont happen to know Florian's surname?
Sorry mate dont know, will check E38 traders lists
by hall54
Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:55 pm
Forum: Links and Tuners
Topic: Volkswarenhaus/Type17.de?
Replies: 8
Views: 3644

Re: Volkswarenhaus/Type17.de?

If I see Florian from Type17 on my travels, ill give him a kick from you!!! He may turn up at Edition 38 Show??
by hall54
Fri Feb 12, 2010 8:56 pm
Forum: Mk1 Scirocco
Topic: MK1 TS Auto 'Spotted' on the road
Replies: 3
Views: 1678

Re: MK1 TS Auto 'Spotted' on the road

How spooky, I was reading through some old copies of VW Audi magazine, in the August 1998 edition there is a feature on a 76 TS automatic that lives in High Wycombe, it was a girl who is a pilot in Africa, who owned it. Maybe it is the same car and it was her parents you were speaking with??? Thats...
by hall54
Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:14 pm
Forum: Mk1 Scirocco
Topic: MK1 TS Auto 'Spotted' on the road
Replies: 3
Views: 1678

MK1 TS Auto 'Spotted' on the road

I saw a black 1976 (single wiper) MK1 TS Automatic today in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, followed the car to Cookham village where it pulled into a garage. Got talking to the elderly chap and his wife, they have owned the car since 1982 and was brought originally from our local VW dealership RyeMi...
by hall54
Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:53 am
Forum: Mk1 Scirocco
Topic: What is the oldest MK1
Replies: 26
Views: 7832

Re: What is the oldest MK1

Rusty as in, nothing left of areas like inner wings to bulkheads and turrets, retro-fit sunroofs falling in through the roof, bad accident write offs, these cars are rotten. It isnt just one area thats gone its virtually every panel is rotten or damaged, but there is still some useful stuff worth sa...
by hall54
Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:04 am
Forum: Mk1 Scirocco
Topic: What is the oldest MK1
Replies: 26
Views: 7832

Re: What is the oldest MK1

I now have a '74 TS (red), '75 TS (green), '75 TS (orange), '75 TS (white), '77 GLS (brown), '78 GLS (white) and '80 GLS (silver). Yes 7 in total, none are roadworthy, yet! Looking at another rust bucket soon another '75 TS. Most of them are v.very rotten, apart from my '74 which is in resto and now...
by hall54
Sat Jan 30, 2010 10:47 pm
Forum: Mk1 Scirocco
Topic: What is the oldest MK1
Replies: 26
Views: 7832

Re: What is the oldest MK1

Two so far, are there any more '74 RHD Scirocco left? Shavhead what year is your car?
by hall54
Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:35 pm
Forum: Mk1 Scirocco
Topic: Shootin' brake model!
Replies: 7
Views: 2279

Re: Shootin' brake model!

Mmmm its a bit like a BMW Z3 M Coupe, I think Nordstadt of Germany did do a shooting brake mk1, my dad once had a Lynx Eventer which was an Jaguar XJS estate
by hall54
Thu Jan 28, 2010 11:04 pm
Forum: Mk1 Scirocco
Topic: The average mk1 (warning contains rust)
Replies: 30
Views: 11068

Re: The average mk1 (warning contains rust)

L95K is Palma Green Met,it is the colour of feature car in the early brochures and looks much lighter in the brochure, a sort of inbetween Viper and Colibri but the car in the pic looks more like a flat Colibri. I have this pic from VW Motoring which we must assume is Palma from the date but again ...
by hall54
Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:47 pm
Forum: Mk1 Scirocco
Topic: What is the oldest MK1
Replies: 26
Views: 7832

Re: What is the oldest MK1

My Mk1 ibiza red Scirocco TS was built in aug 74 and registered on 22 11 1974. Must be one of the oldest. Thats proper old, mines an Ibiza red Scirocco TS built in Oct '74 and registered 27 11 1974. My other three '75 TS cars are Jan '75 Nepal Orange, April '75 White and August '75 Palma Green all ...
by hall54
Sun Jan 24, 2010 11:58 am
Forum: Mk1 Scirocco
Topic: The average mk1 (warning contains rust)
Replies: 30
Views: 11068

Re: The average mk1 (warning contains rust)

ianaudia4 wrote:Is it L99Y?
Ill take a look, its Palma green same as the Porsche 914's
by hall54
Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:04 pm
Forum: Mk1 Scirocco
Topic: Pics of Racing mk1's
Replies: 60
Views: 29370

Re: Pics of Racing mk1's

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i1/raystaggs/Cool%20mk1%20Roccos/59335502556e9ac4d6ls7.jpg http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i1/raystaggs/Cool%20mk1%20Roccos/59335503763ca5cdcdhv7.jpg http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i1/raystaggs/Cool%20mk1%20Roccos/593354953fc5e2f997od3.jpg The new Rocco couldn...
by hall54
Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:00 pm
Forum: Mk1 Scirocco
Topic: Pics of Racing mk1's
Replies: 60
Views: 29370

Re: Pics of Racing mk1's

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i1/raystaggs/Cool%20mk1%20Roccos/1977racer42.jpg I reckon they went home and made a 70's porn film! :dance: Hey! That's Milt Minter ( the furry faced chap furthest away ), He won his class in the Cam-Am in that silver Rocco, beating some quick Porsches. He died afe...