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Re: 1979 Scirocco GLS

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:04 pm
by G60MAT
Nice rimmage! :hehe: :vcool:

Re: 1979 Scirocco GLS

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:57 pm
by Winston
Cheers man :hehe:

Re: 1979 Scirocco GLS

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:08 pm
by Winston
The headlights were a bargain find on German ebay and the grill was a stroke of luck find on UK ebay. I will let the pictures do the talking.

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Hella Bitchin!!! by Winstang, on Flickr

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NOS Hella Early Scirocco headlight front by Winstang, on Flickr

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NOS Hella Early Scirocco headlight back by Winstang, on Flickr

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NOS Scirocco LS Headlights and grill by Winstang, on Flickr

They even came with fitting instructions :lol: O0

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Hella Instructions cover by Winstang, on Flickr

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Hella instructions Inside by Winstang, on Flickr

Re: 1979 Scirocco GLS

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 11:08 pm
by G60MAT
Very sweet mate, the grille from the old boy clearing his garage down south? I tried to get a few bits off him but he kept selling them! Nice find on the lights too! ;)

Re: 1979 Scirocco GLS

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 6:54 pm
by Winston
Cheers man!!

The grill was from a nice chap called Lance. Ive bought a metal LS badge from him aswell :hugegrin:

Re: 1979 Scirocco GLS

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:18 pm
by G60MAT
Winston wrote:Cheers man!!

The grill was from a nice chap called Lance. Ive bought a metal LS badge from him aswell :hugegrin:
We need to team up I was nearly bidding against you! :buddy:

Re: 1979 Scirocco GLS

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:50 pm
by Winston
I was out bid on ebay anyway :hehe:

But sounds like a plan for the future :mafia:

Re: 1979 Scirocco GLS

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 5:44 pm
by Winston
I will start with the pictures of the squares and yellow bulb covers O0

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Squares n steels by Winstang, on Flickr

These were the wheels I had planed for this show season but now im not so sure. I think it looks better on the steels :lol:

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Fuchs 1 by Winstang, on Flickr

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Fuchs 2 by Winstang, on Flickr

Also snook on my mates 928's. These cars are nightmare to get low on most wheels imo

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928s by Winstang, on Flickr

Re: 1979 Scirocco GLS

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 5:51 pm
by G60MAT
Liking the Porsche rims, but then I would! Run a lower profile tyre and will look spot on! What size adapter did you use? :good:

Re: 1979 Scirocco GLS

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 5:58 pm
by Winston
15mm on the fuchs and 20mm on 928's. the 928's fouled on the shock with 20mm's :blush:

Ive given up on the fuchs....

Re: 1979 Scirocco GLS

Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 7:13 pm
by G60MAT
Winston wrote:15mm on the fuchs and 20mm on 928's. the 928's fouled on the shock with 20mm's :blush:

Ive given up on the fuchs....
Yeah they will do, you need at least 25mm if not 30mm for the Porsche rims to fit...

Re: 1979 Scirocco GLS

Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 3:52 pm
by zyclamvw
That's looking wickedly low mate!!
Mine, mocked up ,with no air in the bags is about the same :good:
Steels look good as they are so tucked, and I'm not a fan of the 928's.......
How about getting some splitty dome hubcaps on then steels?!

Re: 1979 Scirocco GLS

Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 4:03 pm
by Winston
Cheers mate

The wish bone mounts are pretty much on the floor. It will be lower Image

The 928's went on for the sheer sake of trying them. I was hoping for loads of tuck. :blush: :hehe:

splitty caps are a good shout. I will get searching on ebay for chrome hub caps!

Re: 1979 Scirocco GLS

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 7:54 pm
by Winston
Well I have had a change of plan... :blush:

There was a few rust bubbles on most panels bar the roof. Ideally I wanted to show the car this year but it became clear I should attend to the body before it got any worse.

I started removing the full interior, dash and looms. The loom took me about two weeks to originally do and it only took 20minutes to remove. The interior is safely bubble wrapped and stashed out the way.

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I think this wing needs some repairs if not I have a pair of back up wings avliable.

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I then started stripping the panels, chrome etc. The car now looks like this and fingers crossed I can get it on the roll over jig this weekend.

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I want to change the colour but finding a colour that matches the shape of the Mk1 and the red interior is racking my brain :hehe: Ideas so far, Whisper blue, Beryl Green or Mexican beige.

Re: 1979 Scirocco GLS

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 10:27 pm
by Mrgarf
Tough picking the right colour I wish you luck :)