The 10. A 16v quest.
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 4:28 pm
Stuck at home bored beyond belief, I tried to gather pics of 'The 10'. As in the ten 16v Sciroccos officially imported by VW UK. If this is a mythical figure, who knows. Anyway here are the only ones I could find. Please give your thoughts. If you can add pics or registrations, that would be great.
C71 PRP and C72 PRP, pictured on a test day at Donington back in the 80s. These were VW press cars so can be counted as 2 out of the 10.
C501 DNV. This is from a VW press photo so again it's safe to say this is genuine.
D417 ONH, another press pic so a gen 16v.
C251 EUC I took this at VW Action many years ago. It had a RHD conversion. The UK spec side repeaters give it away as a UK spec model.
D922 URP It appears to be a genuine one of the 10. Not ruined by RHD conversion and has UK side repeaters. We'll count this one.
F368 LPK Sean F knows the history of this car, so this one counts too.
C241 NMW This is a GT16v rather than GTX16v. It was featured in VWM but I can't find the article. No side repeaters makes me think this was a personal import rather than one of the VW UK cars. Your thoughts on this one please.
D36 OFC This is on the forum in the projects thread. It had a RHD conversion. The lack of side repeaters makes me think the converter imported it themselves. Again your thoughts on this one please.
C861 GVU I took this pic at Stanford Hall. It's LHD but is sans side repeaters. A personal import rather than VW UK?
I may be way off of the mark with these. It would be great to know what 'The 10' were. Again, any help, pics or thoughts are greatly received.
C71 PRP and C72 PRP, pictured on a test day at Donington back in the 80s. These were VW press cars so can be counted as 2 out of the 10.
C501 DNV. This is from a VW press photo so again it's safe to say this is genuine.
D417 ONH, another press pic so a gen 16v.
C251 EUC I took this at VW Action many years ago. It had a RHD conversion. The UK spec side repeaters give it away as a UK spec model.
D922 URP It appears to be a genuine one of the 10. Not ruined by RHD conversion and has UK side repeaters. We'll count this one.
F368 LPK Sean F knows the history of this car, so this one counts too.
C241 NMW This is a GT16v rather than GTX16v. It was featured in VWM but I can't find the article. No side repeaters makes me think this was a personal import rather than one of the VW UK cars. Your thoughts on this one please.
D36 OFC This is on the forum in the projects thread. It had a RHD conversion. The lack of side repeaters makes me think the converter imported it themselves. Again your thoughts on this one please.
C861 GVU I took this pic at Stanford Hall. It's LHD but is sans side repeaters. A personal import rather than VW UK?
I may be way off of the mark with these. It would be great to know what 'The 10' were. Again, any help, pics or thoughts are greatly received.