Just thought i'd say hi from the UK! (Sciroccos in the UK)

[cranwellpoacher]

Hi Fellas.Just surfed onto your site by accident really, but it looked a good place to be so i have now registered !. Let me inroduce myself, my names Andy, i live in Lincolnshire in the UK and i normally post on the Scirocco Register forum in the UK as i currently own 2 Mk2's, a 1987 Scala (Carb) in Paprika Red, and a 1992 GT2 (Carb) in Silver grey Met. I have had 17 VW's in the 20 odd years i have held a licence, and (so far !) 4 of these have been Scirocco's...my favourite model VDub !.I work in a Hospital in Nottinghamshire, and will soon be indulging my love of Rocs when i use the Scala in a fundraiser for Leukaemia Research (UK). To see what i am talking about, have a look at this link.

https://www.justgiving.com/rocaroundtheclock

My "daily" car, the GT2



Hope to speak to some of you guys soon and have a look at some of your motors.Cheers !

[gtimk5]

A huge welcome to you Andy, we are a friendly bunch here. Love the Rocco!
Its great to have you on the forum mate!
Cheers, Andrew

[brackie]

Welcome!

Nice 'rocco mate! Welcome aboard. The only 'roccos we have here are personal imports as VWA (in their infinite wisdom ) chose not to bring them in. We have a couple of nice examples (see Golf Loon's 'rocco and search for posts by roccodingo. He's in Perth and a fanatic!)

I'm going to move this post to the appropriate forum as enthusiasts are more likey to see it there.

Keep on posting

[cranwellpoacher]

Cheers fellas, nice welcome.As it happens a close friend and workmate of mine has just upped sticks and emigrated to Oz about three weeks ago, he and his family are going to set up home around the Sydney area...lucky bugger !.Can't believe that Rocs are so rare over there , should have popped one in his cargo container for him to bring over .Apparently there are about 20,000 Rocs of various mks still in circulation within the UK, so we could spare you a few .

[phaeton]

Welcome to VWwA Andy

Cool Rocco

BTW do you know Richie Markham-Smith (Dr Dub UK on vwvortex) ? I'm good friends via net with him

[cranwellpoacher]

Hi Ben.Yes i do know richie, i met him at my first VW meet at Chatsworth house in Derbyshire UK !.He got a few shots of my motor that day and i often visit his website featuring the Scirocco model for info,Nice fella

[gpk_gti]

hi andy,
welcome to our little forum!nice to have some members from europe! can be handy some times!...we have one other member with a rocco here! hes wanted by the police atm!something about a cruise last sundayhahahah

[phaeton]

Hi Ben.Yes i do know richie, i met him at my first VW meet at Chatsworth house in Derbyshire UK !.He got a few shots of my motor that day and i often visit his website featuring the Scirocco model for info,Nice fella

Cool

[cranwellpoacher]

Wow !...Thanks for the welcome fella's, most impressed by that.Like the Roc, what is the owners Webname ?.If you ever need items for cars i am a fully paid up Ebayer and as i mentioned i have friends who live over in Oz, so if you ever need anything from Europe side, just let me know and i will see if i can help......although you may have to wait for an oppertunity to present itself, and defo no gearboxes and engines !...they don't go into hand luggage .Cheers.Andy

[brackie]

'rocco owner

Andy.... That's Matt (golf loon)

[Golf Loon]

Nice Roccos you have there mate. I left a Storm in the UK when I moved over and always regretted it. This one is a GT, so I will have to make it fast with a 20VT

I have put GTI seats and a new dash from the Uk in so far.
Seeing your one makes me want to colour code my bodykit, what do you blokes reckon?

Can you get me some clear indicators for the front??? Or know where I can source some??

[cranwellpoacher]

Hi again fella's.Well it has been quite a month for us getting "Scarlet" the Scirocco ready for her big day out !.We are setting off for our 24 hour around the clock challenge for Leukaemia Research on the 24th August, and even though she only came off of jacks on the 1st of the month we have covered almost 1000 miles of testing since then !.Does not use any oil or water and a local garage sorted us with a new driveshaft gaitor and clutch cable (the original pulled through the bulkhead whilst i was driving up the main highstreet in Sleaford at rush hour ! Aaaggghh, and i had to make a repair with the only tool i had on me at the time....a penknife !...sorted !.
Got some good news the other day, it seems that the Scirocco owners club in Holland are giving us a donation to help us along, and another motoring forum has pledged £120 within the last 4 days !....it's a really good feeling when you start to realise that we may just make our target of £1000, and even exceed it when we sell Scarlet at the end of the drive.Have a look at her transformation from banger to beauty over the last 8 weeks on our webpage. www.justgiving.com/rocaroundtheclock.
Here's an example of how she looks now.....Cheers guys !

[phaeton]

Shes looking good

Good Luck with the Challenge

[Tim]

nice scirocco! find me a clean Mk1 and ship to me pls

[cranwellpoacher]

To see how we got on have a look at this on YouTube....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3bq4enGnaI

So far we have raised nearly £800 , and hope to pass £1000 soon !.Cheers.Andy