Needing a break from the 917K, I looked around the stash and found, side by side in the German road car section, AMT's Scirocco and a tarted-up 928 Targa from Revell, both in 1:25 scale.
Then I recalled the article in Road & Track back in 1979, describing a Golf with 928 chassis (click here), and I figured what's sauce for the Golf is sauce for the Scirocco. So out came the saws!
Fortunately the 928 featured a transaxle so there will be very little need for a transmission hump in the cockpit, and the general layout looks fine. But the stance will need to be looked at, as it is sitting way too high.
The 1:1 Nordstadt Golf was actually widened by 9" to fit over the 928 chassis, but that requires widening the windshield as well, which was identified in the article as a major expense. So I've decided to cram as much under the Scirocco skin as possible, and deal with the tires by means of flares. The Scirocco kit actually comes with a set of really ugly ones, so we'll see once the chassis is built up and inserted into the body.
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