Welcome to the forum.

Old Sciroccos are fun. We bought a MK1 in Manchester back in 1988 for 500 pounds and used it to drive around England for a few weeks. Then we took it to Hungary for 6 weeks before returning back to Manchester. Rust was so bad the front guards were held on by the body kit but it got us where we wanted to go. Even did Glasgow to Manchester in a day, via loch Ness and Perth!

Cheers

Paul

PS. 1978 doesn't make you an old fart, you're just getting into middle age.