This guy seems... familiar. Didn't I teach you to adjust your first set of valves? ;-P
(and I still have that red Road & Track Van/Bug/Trailer set from 10+ years ago) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kirin Jacobsen Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 3:14 PM To: [email protected] 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
