Trey, Thanks for sharing. I'm sorry for your loss. Julie On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Trey Jung <treyjung@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > My father passed away last Friday in Baton Rouge after a couple of years > with Alzheimer's. He got me into VW's, as my first car was a 69 bus. Man I > had fun in that thing. (nothing like being 15 and driving all over the place > looking cool) . I played guitar in high school but the only reason I got > into any band was that I had the bus to haul everything in. :) Then I became > various band managers and of course the sound guy. > > Dad sold VW's from 1963 to 1971... and was the #1 rep pretty much wherever > he worked. I remember seeing light blue bugs all over BR as he sold them to > the BR water department, It was soooo coool to a 10 year old to know that > my dad sold them all. > > Over the weekend, my mom gave me a couple of his lapel pins from VW she had > in her top drawer. One has a diamond in it and the other states that he was > a member of the VW sales guild in 1968 (when he sold over 500 cars in the > year). What great mementos. > > My main car is 2006 Passat (it's my 3rd passat other were a 96 and a 2000) > , I had a 86 Jetta GTL, a 77 Rabbit, a 72 VW 411 (yes. I had one of those > dogs) plus my latest the 2001 Eurovan Camper and my 2nd 71 Westy > (NewDee)...... > > Just thinking about my "loyalty" for VWs new and old, and Dad was the > catalyst this Friday. > > Trey >