Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 06:31:16 +0000
Reply-To: Chris DeLong <green536@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Chris DeLong <green536@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: RAIV / Rabbits, Sciroccos, Dashers, Vanagons too!
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Rabbits of '75-'79 and Sciroccos of '75-'81 vintage are hard to find for
pretty much two reasons
1. rust proofing was very inferior in those years
2. Those models were the two specifically looked for by people that wanted a
hot car. Cheap to make go fast and handle sweet.
Most of which were balled up or rusted out. I know exactly what you guys are
talking about. I spent 2 years looking for my rabbit. Most of them had lotsa
rust or had been wrecked at one point and poorly repaired or the frames were
just twisted from so much hard driving. The reason Dashers arent around
anymore that much is because they were slow heavy and ugly. Nobody wants
them. Once upon a time when I worked in a wrecking yard for VW's we would
pay for rabbits and sciroccos. You would have to pay ME to take a dasher or
Audi fox.
Chris DeLong
Fine Tuning
206.367.5503
www.finetuningperformance.com
Seattle, WA USA
>From: Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
>Reply-To: Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: RAIV / Rabbits, Sciroccos, Dashers, Vanagons too!
>Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 00:46:05 -0500
>
>We owned a pristine 77 Rabbit in Arkansas with no rust in 79, but by the
>time we sold it in 89, it had more rust bubbles than most Minnesota rabbits
>I see today, especially around the windshield seal. Cancer may have wiped
>them out.
>
>Max
>
>At 02:06 PM 5/25/2003 -0400, SD Kraning wrote:
>>Brad -
>>
>>I can relate.
>>
>>By the way - why is it that older Rabbits ('75 - '79 especially) are so
>>hard
>>to come across? I realize that they were daily drivers for many folks,
>>probably driven hard and not given much respect. By now they would be
>>fairly
>>old, right? But it seems like there were so many of them around back then!
>>I
>>am probably wierd, but I always thought the design language of that
>>generation of VW's was really cool.
>>
>>Take the original "Bug" which the Rabbit sort of replaced, for example.
>>There were lots of them around between say - '70 - '76 ... they were used
>>for similar purpopses (daily eco-driver) and they are still fairly easy to
>>find. Or Vanagons - designed from a similar "gene pool" as the Rabbit.
>>Even
>>early Vanagons are easier to find than old Rabbits (Dashers and Sciroccos
>>as
>>well!) What is up with that? Is it just because Vanagons have more of a
>>following and people value them more? Hmmm.
>>
>>Scott
>>
>>88 Westy
>>90 Vgn Carat
>>99 Audi A4AvQ
>>82 Fiat
>>92 Saab 9KT
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Bradley Flubacher" <flub@ADELPHIA.NET>
>>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>>Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 9:10 PM
>>Subject: RAIV
>>
>>
>> > I had to share this with everyone. I finally have an acronym that
>> > accurately describes my addiction:
>> > Redundant
>> > Array of
>> > Inexpensive
>> > Vehicles
>> >
>> > Names affectionately after the array of hard drives..
>> >
>> > Brad
>> >
>> > '81 rabbit (diesel)
>> > '82 pickup (diesel)
>> > '82 transporter (diesel) (hot swapped spare!)
>> > '82 Westy (diesel)
>> > '84 transporter (not diesel)
>> >
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