Hey Kirin, John Virginillo here, I remember I brought you some parts in Ladner once. I am still a lurkerbut sadly have lost the VW fever for now.
I still have 3 boxes of parts stashed away but these days my daily driver is a 2006 Cobalt SS/SC which I am modding and tuning. Turned 50 this year which might explain the need for speed. Glad to hear you are doing well. I figure when I officially hit retirement I'll decide what to do with those parts. Maybe I'll build a Porsche 356 VW powered replica. Always liked those. Hello to all the others on the list Happy Canada Day July1st Happy Independance Day July 4th ----- Original Message ----- From: Kirin Jacobsen <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, June 30, 2011 10:45 pm Subject: Re: [vintagvw] And its good to be back To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List <[email protected]> > Bert Knupp found me on facebook a while back. He forwarded your post > the other day and I figured it was time to rejoin. So I credit > him for > this. All of you are welcome to add me on facebook if you participate > in such web media... > > Things have been rather interesting thats for sure! I forgot to > mention the near marriage that I got away from last year still digging > out from that financial hole but thats life! If I could go back I > wouldn't change anything! Thanks for the welcome > -Kirin > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 4:05 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wow, this is rather uncanny. In just the past week I asked > the list if anyone had heard from you. Did someone tell you to > come back on the list?? > > > > Glad to hear things are "on the mend" Sorry about the mishaps > but sometimes we need one to push us in the correct direction. > > > > Welcome back!! > > > > > > Ray > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kirin Jacobsen <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Thu, Jun 30, 2011 6:13 pm > > Subject: [vintagvw] And its good to be back > > > > > > 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 > > [email protected] > > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > > > > > > = > > _______________________________________________ > > vintagvw site list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > > > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > John V. _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
