Not continued the history because its taken a little while to find the pictures from my old phone, but I have found a few so here goes. This is where it started to go downhill quite rapidly.
In spring 2013 i started getting the urge to show and shine it at inters. The body work was not up to scratch for this with every panel having at least some sort of dent or lacquer peel and not a massive amount of cash free due to supposedly saving for a house deposit! I wanted to do something which really stood out. I figured that if i vinyl wrapped it I could do all the work myself and there was potential for it to look great. Before i wrapped it I took out all the glass, filled all the dents and sanded back the peeling bits. As the plan was to run it with the wrap for a couple of years then get it resprayed it seemed like a good idea at the time.
Outside I also converted to a single wiper with the jets on the arm and smoothed the boot lid and bonnet. I fitted axle spacers and camber shims to the rear and refurbed the borbets in black. All in all it took 2 weeks, fitting it around work but i got it done albeit not to a particularly high standard. Also it was a bit of a rush to get it done so it almost got thrown back together so we could get to inters on the friday before the campsite shut. Made it with 10mins to spare!
Im sure there are more pics of the wrapping process if i find them ill post them later
Inside i fitted a leather Corrado steeringwheel. Around this time decided i wanted porsche style tombstone seats. So i found an old cheap set on ebay and welded the tops to a set of corrado bases. It works and they are secure but im not sure i want to keep them. Does anyone else have issues with clearance for the tilt handle on corrado seats? Mine hit the cross member on the floor pan
At inters it looked like this
Which earned it this
I was rather chuffed and all the effort seemed worth it. However a couple of months later I returned from a holiday to find 2 inches of water inside. I was gutted and after all the effort to get the car ready I just fell out of love with it. The car was mothballed and i started looking for a new daily. Turns out the water was coming in through a door seal that i hadn't put on properly. A house move also meant that the scirocco was far from the top of my priorities list but luckily through all that i never had the heart to part ways.
Summer 2016 It was on the driveway looking rather sad. I just wanted to drive it again so i set about getting an MOT on it again. Projects in the house were on the back burner as the wife and i agreed we didnt want to be cooped up inside all summer. I started by stripping out inside and giving it a thorough clean. Even though I had vacuumed out all the water, it was still quite damp in there and that led to mold and mushrooms growing.
Started Peeling off the vinyl. This highlighted why i shouldnt have rubbed everything back, The glue of the vinyl has stayed on the car in tose places making it tricky to remove. New exhaust rubbers, Throttle pedal bush makes a massive difference, gave it a service and found a Votex steering wheel on ebay that i liked the look of.
It failed the MOT on a split CV boot which i didnt think was too bad concidering how little it had done for 3 years. To make sure i drove it I planned a road trip with a friend of mine. The idea was to visit all the current british touring car circuits in 2 days. Going in a ropey looking rocco added to the excitement! Brands, Snetterton, Rockingham, Donnington, Croft on day 1 then day 2 from near croft to knockhill, Oulton, Silverstone, Thruxton. Excellent trip 1300miles in 2 days in a Rattley smelly rocco with no sound deadening! We didnt go in just took a picture at the sign of each one!
The trip did highlight a few problems which Ive added to the list for this time round. One of the CV joints started knocking halfway through day 2, the clutch started slipping and an oil leak got worse from the bell housing.
Didn't stop me from packing up and going to edition a few weeks later where it played the role for beverage holder while the tents went up! Bad move, nothing kills car project enthusiasm quicker than a field full of people with cash to burn. Seemed like 1 wheel nut on some of the show cars was worth more than the rocco.
That kind of brings us up to present day because that was the last time it moved off the drive. Ive been doing bits these last few weekends and accumulating parts to put it right. So more pics to follow along with what I plan to do to it, now that I'm doing things properly.
It doesn't seem long ago that a part like that would be held in stock by every local motor factors in the country. As it was i did find some at a GSF but over half hours drive each way. Still it needed to be done so i did it. Went to change the NS too but the top nut wouldn't undo so i am going to attack that later in the week when some spare nuts have arrive, just in case!