I was wondering where you might of ended up James! I have a bunch of engine related questions that I'm going to post up in the next few days And some photos so I'm sure they will be enjoyed! Good to see you are still around, Cheers, Kirin
On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Sharkey's Garage <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
