[s-cars] Sciroccos and Audis

[Steve Eiche]

Scary.  My first of six Sciroccos was a rare '78 S that I painted Guards 
Red.  Not real fast, but great seats, lots of room and good handling. 
While I never did deliver pizzas, I'm sure that I brought a few home in 
that car.  Along with the Sciroccos I had a '76 Rabbit that I converted 
to a Euro like GTI, with '84 GTI suspension, flares and brakes, 1.8 with 
Weber carb and header, short shifted 5 speed,  15" ATS wheels with 
195/50 Pirellis and Scirocco S Recaros and instruments.  Even though it 
only had 140hp or so, it was a lot of fun with only 1800 lbs or so. 
Built for about $2k.  The others were two '79s, on '80 automatic (owned 
for two weeks and sold), an '82 and a loaded '84.  Never did get a 16V.

Then in '89 I picked up an '86 5ks for $4500 at the height of the 
"unintended acceleration" scare.  Its been all Audi since, with the 
exception of an '84 GTI that I bought in '95 and soon sold to buy my ur 
quattro.  While I had hoped the ur quattro would be the ultimate 
combination of the tossability of the GTI with the power and traction of 
  my 5ktq, the extra 1000lbs takes the edge off of the handling.

Steve

Dave wrote:

Stunning... I delivered pizzas in a Mars Red 80 S myself in the mid 80s.
Mine was a fun little ride, and one of many VWs I owned.

Dave