Dieselize a Scirocco??

[Dakotakid]

Man, there is this 84 or 85 sitting along a nearby road out here that is for sale. I always wanted one of those...for some reason. But, parts (taillights,etc) just don't even exist in this part of the world. There were very few of these around here even BACK THEN!
Would converting one of these be any different than any other Golf, Jetta, whatever....gas to diesel conversion?
Did they have steel gas tanks??
I didn't see how much money they want.
The body doesn't really look all that bad.........................

[dogday]

The Search function is your friend!

hmmmm.... I was thinking of doing something along the very same lines.... and don't matter what part fo the world you are in - thats what teh interweb is for  :wink:

DD

[myke_w]

I say go for it!
that would be a really cool vehicle for it, especially since it's so light!

It would be really zippy with a nicely tuned td in it

[TedV]

I say go for it!
that would be a really cool vehicle for it, especially since it's so light!

It would be really zippy with a nicely tuned td in it

not as light as a 78 Scirocco   :twisted:
now if I can just stop breaking those parts that are suposed to not break. :oops:  :?  :lol:

[Dakotakid]

Wow...salvage yards out here are way "hi-tech." What do I mean??? Gone are the wonderful old days where you could even get into the yard (stopped all of that like 15 years ago). The recycling of steel in my area is just unbelieveable. All of the Golfs and Jettas are GONE!!!
They are smashing seemingly everything over about 3 model years old. Our local steel recyclers have these huge mountains of everything remotely metallic.
I have only been able to continue driving these VW's because I snagged up about 7 wrecks/abandons several years ago. But, my "stash" is evaporating as well.
Yes, I used to go out to the yards and score a whole trunkload of VW parts for $15. But now, when I say that, young people snicker and call me "Gramps" and roll their eyes!

[Pat Dolan]

Dakotah:

You need to hand around the vortex Scirocco forum to realize that there are still a bunch of these things around, and in private hands rather than wreckers.  You can get about anything you need, with some patience.  Also, rust country with Kraut all over the place (read Wisconsin) are full of VWs that contain most of their parts, but no useable body pannels.

As for the swap: an A1 is an A1.  Straightforward swap if there ever was one.

Pat

[saurkraut]

Dakotah:
  "Also, rust country with Kraut all over the place (read Wisconsin) are full of VWs that contain most of their parts, but no useable body pannels."
Pat

Hey!  I resemble that! :?

My parts source: [email protected]

Still a good supply of A1 parts.

[lord_verminaard]

Plenty of parts for these cars are still around.  Plus, VW Restoration parts division (in Europe anyway) is starting to re-make parts so eventually the price should be reasonable on hard-to get items.

http://scirocco.org/list/ohio2k8/main.php

We had 53 cars at our last gathering a couple weeks ago.



My '81 is going to get a TDI eventually.....


Brendan
EDIT:  Posting pictures from Picasa on this forum is a giant PITA.

[Kudagra]

Plenty of parts for these cars are still around.  Plus, VW Restoration parts division (in Europe anyway) is starting to re-make parts so eventually the price should be reasonable on hard-to get items.

http://scirocco.org/list/ohio2k8/main.php

We had 53 cars at our last gathering a couple weeks ago.



My '81 is going to get a TDI eventually.....


Brendan
EDIT:  Posting pictures from Picasa on this forum is a giant PITA.

I helped bolt together the supercharger bracket on the black one in the 1st "O" bottom right.

[FWD.MOTION]

So how's this coming along? Im very interested to see the pics of what your working on...

Im so currious, actully Ive been thinking of making my own scirocco diesel!
I think it's a solid Idea

PICz pics

[lord_verminaard]

I helped bolt together the supercharger bracket on the black one in the 1st "O" bottom right.

Would that be Mr. Lee?  He's a cool guy but I didn't even get a chance to really look at his car much this year, let alone talk to him.  His car is pretty badass though, you can hear the supercharger about a mile away.  

Brendan