Like it was Yesterday

Back in 1993 I still had my MKI Scirocco so I was naturally in my full on hardcore Scirocco phase (not that I still don’t love them today). Al Gore hadn’t invented the internet yet so the new car magazines hitting the stores was a big event, it was the only time you saw cars that didn’t belong to your friends. I remember one particular Scirocco that graced the cover of European Car magazine, it was like nothing I had seen before and it had a real impact on me, I’ve never forgotten it. It was much closer to a track car than street car which was hardcore at the time and had been painted in full Warhol BMW art car style. Absolutely crazy for back then. Imagine my surprise when that very Scirocco, looking nearly identical to how it looked back in the day turned up on Craigslist for $2500. What I wouldn’t give to bring it home. I emailed the seller over the weekend asking for more pix but was snubbed. I know I have the original magazine somewhere, in one of the countless unmarked boxes of old car mags in my storage, I just wish I could find the time to go through them.

Nice Pair

My love of first gen Sciroccos is no secret to the regular visitors, here’s an exceptionally nice pair. The red one on ATS Classics is absolutely killing me.

It Always Comes to This…

…doesn’t it? Stumbled upon this little gem via Jason’s Grains of Salt. It embodies that special place and time where a trend just got taken a little bit too far. Personally, I tend to like taking things too far, as long as you don’t take yourself seriously during the process. Unfortunately the engineering behind this one is a bit lacking to say the least.

Edition 38

There’s “Honda Clean”

and then there’s “VW Clean”. I love my Hondas but let’s face it, the Vdub guys have the engine bay game locked down. Yes, there have been a lot of very high quality Honda builds the last couple years since wire tucking has become so trendy, but very few on the level of some of the VWs I’ve been seeing lately. One of my pet peeves is seeing a fully tucked and detailed bay and still seeing it full of holes where things used to be and nasty seam sealer, it just seems like more VW guys take it all the way than Honda guys. I wonder if we’ll see street rod style smooth sheet metal firewalls and front tubs in the future. Just some random thoughts I had when I came across this MKI, it’s very much a “Foose style” street rod in the sense that it’s been smoothed in very simple subtle ways like tucking the bumpers in closer to the body, and in the way the overall fit and finish are to a higher standard than when it left the factory.

Rat Rod VW MKI

I’ve had a lot of rat rod VWs on here, maybe the term hood ride fits them better, but there’s no denying this is truly a rat rod VW.

Is That a K20?

In a dubby pick up? Really? Awesome.

can never go wrong with Work Equip 03s

and an S2000 cluster? Get the fuck outta here!

Want! Want! Want!

Few things in life turn me on as much as a perfect MKI Scirocco. I had one back in the early 90’s that I held on to til it rusted out from under me, literally, the rear subframe separated. (yea I’ve been rolling a hatch of some sort since ‘88 now get off my lawn ya fuckin’ punks lol!) But I loved my She-Rock. Only the ‘75-’77s had the corner lights that don’t wrap around the side of the car like this one, and even back in the early 90’s nice examples were extremely hard to come by in the mid west. Mine was dark gray with those awesome red and black plaid Recaros, if I come across someone with a scanner I’ll scan my old photos of it sometime to post. Anyway, this one’s perfect.

Invisible

I don’t think I’ve ever looked at a beautiful, sexy, uber clean Golf and the first thing out my mouth was “holy shit look at that glass!”.Sounds stupid but it’s true, maybe it’s just the photography but god damn does this thing have the cleanest glass you’ve ever seen or what? Car is nothing less than stunning.

Rat vs Phat : VW MKI

This round pits the beloved and e-famous Death Bucket against it’s well turned out twin sitting hard on Ronal Turbos. I love The Bucket but I gotta go Phat on this one.