Erin, I'm glad to hear you're still here. I'm a "relative" newbie, having only been here about 6 or 7 years, but have always enjoyed, and remember well, the stories of LIL RED! :) You, and the other long-timers, have been an inspiration for me, and I have learned so much from the list's existence. I currently have running an '81 Westy, and absolutely love it. Air Cooled all the way! I'm working on, intermittently, a '75 Beetle that has been changed over to dual Kads. It's SO CLOSE to being finished, but too many "Honey-Do's" get in the way. :) With Court's help, (Hint, hint... Court) :) , it'll be on the road this year. OKAY, I've said it, so I'll have to make it come true.
I've been interested in VW's since very young, having a wonderful "Tequila filled" ride home by my aunt, remembering every nauseated/painful corner in her Beetle (not sure what year, but still had the auxiliary tank switch), and helping my sister fire up her 70Something Westy after having spent a week in Prince George during an Arctic front, with -40 degree temps. We had to use a propane campstove, electric heating pad, and a long extension cord to get it going. :) Talk about being inventive. Four kids and a wife don't fit well in a Westy, so I waited until it is just the two of us, with an occasional grandchild or Mother-in-law, to get my '81, and have made some pretty major trips in it. One, with the MIL to Saskatchewan,and then back through MT, ID, and WA, and last year down the coast to Northern CA, and back up the interior. My air cooled '81 has climbed the most incredible mountains, albeit slowly, and has only let me down through a fried rectifier, and a dieing Pertronix (both owner diagnosed, and repaired the same day - the rectifier with help from a small alternator shop in Pt. Townsend). Other than that, it has been superb, and I look forward to many other adventures in my air-cooled COW (Condominum-on-Wheels) ( with thanks to Joe Crocket for that acronym). Keep L'il Red going. Hope to meet you someday, NQ. Take care, Phil '81 Westy '75 Beetle '81 Yamaha XS1100 ALL AIR COOLED! YEE HAH!!! '92 Mazda MPV (for the wife) ;) ----- Original Message ----- From: "No Quarter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 5:34 PM Subject: Re: [vintagvw] 1998-2008 VW Bug > Yeah Dennis I remember that when Jeremy did the church choir thing! He > went > through here and performed at a church in Aurora, NE. He stayed here at > our > house for a day and back then, we were looking for a place to hold a > nationwide VW gathering. Well it never panned out but I still remember > the > topics as being BIE98 with hopes of holding it here in Beatrice in the > center of the USA. That same weekend Jeremy and his friend were here, we > had a big snow and I was trying to show him and his friend Indian Lake Rec > area down by Wymore, NE. As we drove along this 2 lane road, there were > abandoned cars all over it and it hit me that these cars were snowed in > the > week before. We went through a snowdrift that had been plowed through and > the walls were taller than my 71 Westy! That same trip I had an oil > bottle > melt and dump oil into my heating system and we fogged out the back of the > bus. Ah memories! LOL! > > In a way, I'm glad for those who sort of "moved on" and now have families > and such. As for myself, I suffered massive PTSD/Depression issues since > 9/11 and have had to reinvent myself numerous times. > Through it all, I *NEVER* lost my zest for the air-cooled VWs and still, > just as it was then, I only like to drive air-cooled VWs. Jeremy still is > gung-ho for them too. Back then in the late 90s, the net was new and a > lot > of people jumped on the bandwagon. I'm sure some people enjoyed having an > ego and being admired, others were wannabees, and still others probably > wrote it off as a passing fancy. I'm still NQ and still drive air-cooleds > and maybe before long, I'll have a wife who is ACVW the whole way too. :) > > Nice to see some of you are still around and on the list. I'll be pulling > my engine in Li'l Red in a couple months and redoing the front suspension > so > if I get enough people interested, I'd gladly post pictures. > > Thanks for writing - nice to hear from some of the old die-hards! :) > > Erin > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.10/1241 - Release Date: > 24/01/2008 9:58 AM > > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
