do you still remember the lego engine erin built??? He even had a how to on his website...
AAaah the nostalgia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 3:51 AM Subject: Re: [vintagvw] 1998-2008 VW Bug > 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 > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
