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INTERIOR AND DETAIL
The main attraction of a Storm must be the interior. The leather seats are beautifully trimmed black in conjunction with green paint, or fawn on a brown car. Even the door casings, gear lever gaiter and steering wheel are leather trimmed. Mk1's came with a wooden gear knob and deep pile carpets.
The Storm also included tinted glass, remote adjust external mirrors, clock and oil temperature gauge in the centre console. As mentioned before, much of the specification is the same as the GLS, which itself was loaded at the time. Factory fitted front fog lights and headlamp washers were an extra cost option.
Above is the interior of a Hellblau re-issue Mk1 Storm. This came with blue leather trim and blue deep pile carpeting. The boot area is also fully carpeted in a Mk1 Storm. Only 618 were sold in the UK. Mk1 production ended in 1981, but the Storm name would be revived in 1984 with the release of the new Mk2 Scirocco Storm. The Blaupunkt Paris stereo was a standard item.
A feature that I have not seen on any other Mk1 are the door pockets with speaker apertures.
The first series of Storms had this tailgate badge. Sorry about the poor quality pic.
The second phase Storm badge. |
