Frank, You are probably right. I bet there are some insane Porsche shops around that would be very comfortable around our cars.
Larry 91 GTI 16V -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adam Frank Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 1:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Top Level Shops for VWs? actually, i might be scared to take my GLi to a shop that specialized in Hot rods. Chances are, they are used to american muscle and would probably do more damage than good working on my car. German & American designs are very different inside and out. If i took my car anywhere, id take it to someplace that only did cars like Audis/VWs/Saabs/Mercedes/Bentleys/Land Rover/ etc.. Mopar shops scare me. My car is too important to me to take it to those gorillas. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Velez" <[email protected]> To: "a2list" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 4:00 PM Subject: RE: [a2-16v-list] Top Level Shops for VWs? > > I see your point, but I have seen some sick VWs, mostly in picts from > car shows. Maybe all these being done by individuals.. > > I have also seen some intensive Bug restorations, and those cars are > not worth nearly what a cuda is after a restore. I guess the number of > Watercooled VW enthusiasts is relatively small. > > I guess its just nice to dream that there is an ultimate shop somewhere > that would go ape on my 16V if I won the lottery or something. My > guess is that some of these Hot Rod shops would have no problem doing an > A2 VW, they might even find it a welcome change from their day to day. > But you might have a point, if you have $50K+ to burn, you might turn > to another car to burn it on. > > Larry > > > -----Original Message----- > From: DocWyte [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 6:07 PM > To: Larry Velez; a2list > Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Top Level Shops for VWs? > > I'm sure the shops do exist. However, how many people who own VW's, > particularly of the A2, A3 vintage do you know who have the funds > available to give the car to a shop for 7 months and a ground up > restoration, modfest and custom paint that will cost well over $50,000? > > The market drives the work done to the cars, if an owner had that kind > of money to invest in a car, they wouldn't revamp an '88 GLI 16v for > instance. > > The old american iron, like the barracuda, are worth significant money > and doing a restoration of that sort kinda makes sense... > > -josh > > > --- Larry Velez <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > Yesterday I saw a show called 'Rides' and they showed the revamping of > > > a 70s Barracuda. The level of detail and workmanship they put into > > that car over a 7 month period was amazing. > > Unfortunately the eventual > > owner (the host of Fear Factor) told them to paint it all silver > > instead of a trick paintjob they were planning. The plain paintjob > > took away from the car but it was still amazing. > > > > I was wondering if there are any VW shops that do this level of work? > > Or do shops like these only exist in the Hot Rod circles? > > > > thanks, > > > > Larry > > 91 GTI 16V > > _______________________________________________ > > a2-16v-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > > > ===== > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. > www.yahoo.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list For list archives, see listinfo link above.
