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Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:15 pm

Hello,

I came across a 1977 Scirocco with a body kit. The seller is saying it is an original factory "trans-am kit". Was there anything like this available from the factory or is it just an aftermarket kit? Supposedly their were only about 50 made.

Also, it has a documented mileage of 12,000 +/- miles, and he's asking about $9,000. Does this seem a little steep? I've never owned a watercooled VW, just aircooled so any help would be great.

Thanks ,
Billy

Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:37 pm

I can't tell you if it's factory or not, but I can tell you it's ugly as sin. Looks like someone molded Beetle fenders on it. Ugh.

Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:39 pm

if its true then they made about 50 too many. :shock:

and it doesn't llook like it would be easy/cheap to put it right either.

Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:48 pm

There is no way in the world that is factory! :-&

Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:17 pm

Put some gull-wings on it and see if it will do 88mph.

Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:39 pm

Looks like an AMC Spirit.

Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:41 pm

there we 2 trans am sciroccos #43.#42 they were owned and raced by a vw dealership.car 42 was crashed/dismantled car 43 was send to the vw museum..............there were never 50 cars.....the person that made the fiberglass stuff for the cars sold the molds to shark engineering a fiberglass manufacturer........they made kits for street/race cars..supposedly they only made a few kits before going out of business...the car pictured is probably one of the shark kits...see how the wheels dont fill up the wheelwell..the original race cars had a 60 in track width

Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:47 pm

If you look through some old vw mags from the early 80's you can find kits like that for sale.

Not original. Not nice to look at....

Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:51 pm

i posted a pic of one of those in the abortions thread somewhere.

Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:07 pm

My first car was a 77 Scirocco and I loved it. That, on the other hand, is a ugly as sin shit box.

It needs a wing on the roof.

Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:30 pm

I smell a candidate for the abortions...Granted there is already one there, but I think this one is fugly as sin.

Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:53 pm

Looks like a car with bell bottom jeans on...

Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:51 am

9k no thanks, but I would pay 5k if that bad boy had a stock body with that many miles.

Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:25 am

here is the factory racecar, it won the Trans Am series in '76

Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:35 am

mackteck wrote: here is the factory racecar, it won the Trans Am series in '76
its not a factory racecar .its a dealerbuilt race car a dealershiop built it

Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:57 am

it would be pretty cool if you did it up in race paint thoug. def much better then.

Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:57 am

mackteck wrote: here is the factory racecar, it won the Trans Am series in '76

Other than the decals, looks the same, like ass! :-&

Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:26 am

There seems to be something wrong with the info on this ad. Searching the net I couldn't find any reference to this car at all. It's not in any photos on the historic photos sites or listed on any of the entry lists I could find.

What i did find was...

George Follmer won the 1976 Championship category II in a Porsche 934 and Jocko Maggiacomo the category I in an AMC Javelin.

Has anyone found any other info on the VW Trans Am car for 76?

Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:50 am

Volkswagen Motorsport History:

http://www.driven2modify.com/showthread.php?t=5243

In 1966 Volkswagen left the racing starting grid when Formula Vee - circuit racing with cars built from easily available VW Beetle parts - took off in Europe. It proved very popular as a low-cost route into formula racing.
In 1971 Volkswagen moved on to the more powerful Formula Super V, which became famous for hothousing new talent. In the 11 years it ran, until 1982, it produced a stable of world-famous Formula I drivers - names like Niki Lauda, Jochen Mass, Nelson Piquet, Jochen Rindt and Keke Rosberg. Volkswagen also notched up several victories and the championship in Formula 3.

In 1976 Volkswagen enter the under 2000cc Trans Am series with the Scirocco & they won the series outright.

In 1981, now based in Hanover and renamed Volkswagen Motorsport, VW racing took a new direction into rallying. With the launch of the first generation Golf, the sports department masterminded the development of rally cars. At home and abroad, the Golf GTI, in the capable hands of Sweden's Per Eklund, Frenchman, Jean-Luc Therier and the Finn, Pentii Airikkala, took the racing world by storm. VW's 20th anniversary in motor racing in 1986 was a double celebration when Sweden's Kenneth Eriksson won Volkswagen Motorsport the title of Group A world rally champions.
From 1997 the company was a big name in national rallying in the UK, taking the British Rally Championship crown with the Golf GTI, and again, two years later with the Golf GTI MkIV. The final chapters in Volkswagen Racing UK's rallying success story were the 'one-make' Castrol Polo Challenge, and the thrilling Polo GTI 'Super 1600' in 2001.
In 2000 Volkswagen starts a one make racing cup with the newly released to Europe New Beetle called the ADAC New Beetle Cup this takes over the ADAC Lupo Cup which was racing since 1998.
In 2001 the department was renamed Volkswagen Racing and since then has concentrated all its efforts on developing its circuit racing championship, the Volkswagen Racing Cup.

In 2003 VW replace the ADAC New Beetle Cup with the newly released Polo to become the ADAC Polo Cup.

In 2004 VW Commercial vehicles enter the European Truck racing series with the Titan series truck it became Back to Back champion for the 2004 & 2005 series.

Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:57 am

http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060102/FREE/51221005/1027