Some of you know ive been hankering for another VW of some kind. "Ahhh.....missing Dubs" being the thread that started it all. Well, i was going to try and keep this from the forum until Curborough, but decided to let the cat out the bag. A few people have already seen the car, as i asked for both advice and guidance on it before i made the commitment to purchase it. Sadly, the car was located 290 miles drive away in Scotland, so a quick day trip to view was out the question. The car was prepared back in 2000 as a Tarmac Rally / Sprint / Clubman event race car. It has been used at various events, at stage rallies. Notably Kames. The owner knew Bill Brockbank, Nick Wilson and Chris Eyre from Kames. However, it only covered a couple of hundred miles a year and was mostly garaged. Back in 2007 the owner took it off the road, and didnt get it road legal until Feb this year, to prepare the car for sale. So here are some pics of the car as advertised. So, when the car was home and in the garage. I set to it with the hair dryer and my poor fingers. I spent around 2-3 hours de-stickering the car on the first night. However, all was not pretty under the stickers. It appeared as though scuffs, and badly repaired paint had been completely hidden by the stickers. Disaster. [:^(] The passenger door was covered in skims of filler. The day after, i decided to hit Halfords with an action plan. And bought 60 of stuff to give the doors a quick fix "Once over". I have never sprayed anything other than an eyebrow spoiler in the past, but decided to give it a go. The doors were given a sanding, filling, sanding, primering and top coat. The finish isnt perfect. But its way better than what was there before. The car is only a track car, but i have decided that eventually the bodywork will get a full repair and respray at some stage. Not essential at the moment, as i just wanted it to look a bit better. The paintwork was given some wet sanding and here is how the car looks now. There is clearly a colour difference sadly, but still. Temp job and all that. Im still happy that it looks a lot better than scraped and peeled paint from bad repairs and hidden damage. All tucked up. Huge garage, but stupidly small doors. Meaning the car has to be parked quite close to one wall. God knows why it wasnt designed with central doors. More pics on my Photostream here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lukedeakin/ So what are the specs: Volkswagen Scirocco GTi, 1.8i 8V, 128BHP, MSA-RAC Log-Booked Tarmac Rally Car. Chassis: Strengthened Stitch Welded Shell Safety Devices Roll Cage OMP Front Upper and Front Lower Strut Braces Fully Poly-Bushed Suspension Spax 14 Point Adjustable Rear Shock Absorbers AVO Adjustable Coil Over Front Shock Absorbers AVO Front and Rear Coil Springs 2 Sets of White Sebring Alloy Wheels 1 Set of Yokohama A038 Tyres in Very Good Condition 2 Used Michelin N20 Competition Tyres and 2 Yoko A520 Tyres Strenghtened Rear Axle Mounting Points on Chassis Front and Rear Anti-Roll Bars with Poly-Bush Mountings Strengthened Bulkhead at Brake Servo Strengthened Floor at Seat Mountings Stripped and Lightened Doors with Poly-Carbonate Side Front Windows and Sliders Interior: OMP Eco Competition Seats 5 Point Harnesses Navigators Map Light and Foot Rest with Horn Push Spare Wheel Mounted Fuel Pump and Fuel Accumulator Kuterlex Plastic Coated Copper Internal Fuel Lines Internal Stainless Braded Brake Lines with Wilwood Adjustable Lever Brake Bias Valve Short Throw Gear Selector Mechanism Engine: Origin of engine from a Mk2 Golf GTI. B registration. Ashley Competition Exhaust System with 4 into 2 into 1 Heat Wrapped Manifold Audi GT Large Venturi Throttle Body with Modified Manifold Baffled Sump with Windage Tray Sump Gasket Mocal 256mm x 12 Row Oil Cooler Green Cotton Induction Cone Air Filter In Front of Radiator Samco Coolant Hoses 7mm Durallium Sump Guard Safety: Battery Cut Off Switch Plumbed In Fire Extinguisher T Pull Battery Cut Off and Fire Extinguisher System Fibreglass Fuel Tank Guard Alloy Bulkhead Fitted Over Spare Wheel Well Brakes: Hydraulic Handbrake Cylinder Fitted (not connected) Pagid Sport Brake Materials Front Grille Mounted Air Ducts for Front Brakes 256mm Front discs (Audi origin) The engine was rebuilt with new valve stem seals, new gaskets, new timing belt, new water pump, remanufactured alternator, new coolant flanges and elbows, the gearbox had new clutch kit, spigot shaft bearing, new push rod actuator and driveshaft seals. Future Plans: Well, eventually i would like to swap the power unit for a decent 16v engine. Some more lightening. Finish the rest of the Lexan windows. Composite seats instead of the tubular framed seats. Maybe some more work on the cage. I would like to have a proper harness bar welded in to the rear backstays as well. For now, the car will probably only get a couple of outings this year. Let me know what you think. Thanks to Chris Eyre for advice and danster for stupid Scirocco based questions.
Curby deadline met Look forward to seeing it. Do you know if by chance the owner had co driven g-wagen's Mk2 Golf rallycar anytime?
Cheers Chris. He knows g-wagen well but i dont think he has co-driven it. That car sadly dropped a valve IIRC is currently being rebuilt and will be then sold on afterwards according to Colin. G-wagen also owns land rovers by the looks of things, hence being involved with Gibsons. There were plenty of pics on the wall of an off roader with g-wagen on the side.
Car looks good, even better after a bit of tidying! Good to see you were being supervised with the hairdryer...
Looks like a good start point. A bit more power, a bit less weight (std door cards are heavy, y'know) and a proper gearbox would turn that into a quick car. EDIT: That doesn't mean you need carbon fibre ones though
Get the Chris Eyre blue and white paint job for a laugh. Looks spot on though, nice to see you've gone back to the dark side.
He mostly did Stage tarmac rallies and msa organised days at Kames. Yeah, lol. Best way to replace the door cards on a Scirocco? The doors are more contoured than a Mk1/2 Golf, where flat piece of poly is fine. The innards of the door were lightened a little. Boat shoes not necessary.
Went to the DVLA to transfer the cherished plate off the Clio. It probably wont go on the Scirocco, it wont have enough outings to justify it really. But it may make its way on to another VAG car once the Clio is gone!
