Good to see you back. I seem to remember you around the time I was moving over to water cooled forums. I know I'm glad to be back.
Later, Bruce Sent from my iPhone On Jun 30, 2011, at 5:13 PM, Kirin Jacobsen <kirinjacob...@gmail.com> wrote: > Some of you may remember me. Others might not but I used to be a > regular quite some time ago. > > Like many I ended up kinda dropping out of Email lists and forums for > quite some time. > So what has happened in the last 9 years........ with my 62 and I > > I ended up doing a winter restoration to my bug over 2003-2004. After > that I moved to Europe for a year, Threw the car in storage. At the > time there were some issues that needed to be sorted out. But I > managed to get it pretty sorted before the storage, new interior, new > drive train, disc brakes etc.... > > When I came back out I took it out of storage, sorted out most of the > kinks like the bindy front end, got really invested in the local VW > scene. Planned a cruise and thats when it all went to hell. > > May 2006 was what started the avalanche. On the way to the spring > cruise that I had planned I got rear ended by a 72 super > beetle(Another good reason to hate super beetles perhaps? I kid in > jest). It took out the rear bumper mounts, folded the decklid like a > taco, destroyed the bumper you get the picture. I was sore but healed > up from the soft tissue damage in time but it hurt. I was excited for > a big VW season and it got shot to hell. > > So I towed home the pieces and sat there examining my rather sad > looking VW in my parents driveway. > And then my mom and my best friend Al started the whole new adventure > by saying that the repair paint would never match the California sun > faded paint.... > And they talked me into a pan off resto. > > Like every resto its taken double the amount of time quadruple the > budget. Amongst this I have gone through a number of moves, A number > of Daily drivers and a university education, and a few > relationships... > > So the infamous Seabert now sits waiting completion..... It now rests > on a fully detailed pan with tons of custom hardware, 4 corner disc > brakes, narrowed beam, fully Chromed Porsche fuchs, built trans etc. > Also has sway away torsion adjustors and lotsa details. The body has > had a full rotesserie respray. However I still need a proper german > left rear fender(frustrating)...... At the moment I'm working at a > lumber yard due to the poor economy, however I'm going back to school > to become a railway conductor come fall. I'm looking for a double > garage to rent in the Vancouver BC area if there are any locals > looking to share.... > > I think that kinda sums it up in a few words. Theres more I'm sure but > thats all that comes to mind at the moment. Feel free to ask > questions, I shall link up a few photos in the next few days... > -Kirin Jacobsen > 1962 resto custom "Seabert" > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > vintagvw@lists.sjsu.edu > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list vintagvw@lists.sjsu.edu http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
