Scirocco resto...

[alex g]

the bag must have been heavy on the way home lol

the rotator looks great are you mounting it up on the bumper mounts??

[Water Boy]

ohhhhhhh...

Looking at that Goldy Bronze Rocco makes me want one bad... I can not beleive some of those cars in the wreckers That make me angry they are wrecking VW's but i spose they have so so many of them they dont know what to do with them...

Just a questions is there lots of houses in England with VW's sitting on the front lawn like that bcuz if there is im planning a holiday to just go and check out the pom's stash of water coolers

Cheers James

[roccodingo]

Must have been a great trip (if as bit chilly ) It looks like there are still a lot of them about. How's the rotator going?

Was cold Brackie, however managed to miss all the rain..

Mk 2 rocco's are quite common on the ground, managed to chat to a guy at one of the breakers who just bought one for a daily driver, paid like 150 quid ( $400 ) for a good runner .. hence why the rough ones get broken so quickly...

Got to drill the mount holes for the rotating fixture and a bit more welding to do...

[roccodingo]

the bag must have been heavy on the way home lol

the rotator looks great are you mounting it up on the bumper mounts??

LOL, bag wasnt to bad for weight as i ship the heavy stuff through a mate with a container service, Will be doing an order for 280 front discs, and 226 rear this month ( Feb) will be buying a set or 2 as spares..

yeah, the rotator will mount into the bumper holes, will post the pics as soon as its ready for use..

[roccodingo]

Looking at that Goldy Bronze Rocco makes me want one bad... I can not believe some of those cars in the wreckers That make me angry they are wrecking VW's but i spose they have so so many of them they dont know what to do with them...

Andy won the gold rocco of fleabay.uk, paid about 1300 pounds for it ( ~$3300 AUD )..

and yes its abysmal as to what goes to the breakers over there...saw an A4 Audi that was driven in in very good condition, only to be thrown on the pile...one of many cars that terminate early..not all VW's by any means either...

Just a questions is there lots of houses in England with VW's sitting on the front lawn like that bcuz if there is im planning a holiday to just go and check out the pom's stash of water coolers

Cheers James

Andy is a bit of a MK1 hoarder unlike myself... the red Mk2 was a daily up til the point of the gold Mk1 arriving, tried to sell it but there worth nothing ( as most 10+ year old cars in UK are..), hence why i have first dibs on just about the whole car...
some of the council laws over there allow them to collect cars that LOOK like they have been abandoned..there is a scirocco register member who had his car removed this way, still with thousands of pounds of new parts fitted.
Unsure of how it has turned out for the unfortunate fella..but i guess thats the danger of having to work on the street/verge...

[Water Boy]

One day im going to have to come and visit your collectionof rocco... Hope fully when i get older i will own a rocco of some sort... Unfortunatly mum is still boss at 16 and i cant have one but i hope fully get one soon Im hooked

Cheers James

[86gti]

damn, that Bimmer parked on the MK2 makes me wanna cry! haha.
I could have a feild day in a place like that! some times i wish i lived in the UK. hahaha

[roccodingo]

been pretty quiet last week, Still tracking down repair sections from UK and the states to effect a decent job.

Rotisserie is all but complete..



makes working on any section of the car a breeze for an old geyser like me with a crook back..



Still debating as to caustic / acid dip or just blast the shell ...

[GoLfMan]

just blast the shell and antirust like crazy!
make sure its bead blasting now sand blasting though as i've heard that sandblasting can warp the metal?

[86gti]

you one busy man Grant, lol il always amazed at pics of your workshop! id live in there comfortably..any room for a bed? lol

[roccodingo]

you one busy man Grant, lol il always amazed at pics of your workshop! id live in there comfortably..any room for a bed? lol

Dont laugh, it was considered before one of my kids decided to come live with dad...

I have had a couple of long nights there tho..mind you the fridge was empty by morning...

Have sourced repair sections from the UK and the states.. so the tinwork will be on hold for a while..

Be starting the drivetrain bits soon...

[roccodingo]

Well done some research on Caustic dipping and Abrasive blasting...

The plan at present is to chop the rust areas and repair as required, abrasive blast the rusty sections where necessary, then Caustic dip to remove all the seam sealer and underbody protection that I cant remove by mechanical means...



Used 30 Kg's of dry ice to chill all the floor interior sound deadening, then light hammer blows to fracture the frozen bitumen material...



Came up pretty well considering... You can see where one sheet had de- bonded and allowed water to sit between the sheet and metal floor...



Threw some of the Ice into the rain tray to remove the underbody seal, had been a problem in one of the other rocco's ( rain leaking in on the fuse box ...) so will need a light blast around the wiper motor bracket...


Sourcing the repair sections is taking way to long, have had a few dud leads, however have located another car at a breakers in UK, awaiting confirmation that its available...

[Valver.]

Looking great

[WABIT]

so whats news on the panel from the UK?

wabit

[roccodingo]

so whats news on the panel from the UK?

wabit

Waiting for a reply from 2 UK contacts and 1 stateside contact about the selected parts I need, they have to be cut from a donor car. The UK parts will come via my mates shipping service, prob bring back the pieces from the states
in November when I come back from Mk1 + 2 Bonelli GTG in Socal.