Pic Post: Bill Scott / Milt Minter Trans Am Scirocco

Years ago, VW ran a pair of Sciroccos in the Trans Am series and, on occasion, in IMSA. They were driven by Bill Scott (42) and Milt Minter (43) and were a really something else, even running in the 12 hours of Sebring in the late 70s. I wonder where they are now? I did a little poking around, and it would seem that one of the cars (42) was written off, perhaps at Sebring as they are listed as not finishing, but the #43 car may still be floating around. Some say it made it's way to a VW museum, but one would assume that there would be at least one picture of it from the recent past, rather than the ancient past.



If it is at a VW museum, it's probably in storage. From what I have read these two cars basically ran Super Vee motors. Pretty much a classic 4-cylinder VW engine, built by Bertils: 1600cc, 8 valves, carb'd, dry sumped, and reving to 10k RPM and making over 180hp (depending on where you're reading the info.) It's a shame these older VWs haven't been preserved as well as some of the more expensive cars of their day....but then I suppose there weren't as many to start with.

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_WRS