Hey Jeff,
Yep, she mentioned it to me, man, it sounds so cool,
but Jake and I will be making our 3rd annual trek to
the Motor Racing Capital of the World for the Indy
500. Otherwise, we'd be doing the camping thing at
Krause Springs for sure.
--- ATX BUS <atx_bus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Glad to see you made it to the list. Another Austin
bus driver.
Did Julie tell you about the Springs camp out?
Jeff
----- Original Message ----
From: Gary P. Alexander <meanmachine41@xxxxxxxxx>
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 8:24:04 AM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Welcome Gary
Hello Everyone,
Yes, I have a son named Jake. I've been meaning to
get
on here for a while, so I'm glad I'm finally in. I
have met some of y'all and I'm excited to meet all
of
you.
Here's my VW story:
My grandpa had an early 60's Single Cab, judging by
the pictures I have, looks like around a '63. It was
the 1st car I ever drove. I was indoctrinated at an
early age. My uncle also had a 21 window that we
used
to go camping in many moons ago. I remember sleeping
on the piece of plywood with the slot cut out of it
so
it would lay flat over the front seat and the
steering
wheel would just poke thru the hole.
Fast fwd to 1983 and the first New car I ever bought
was my '84 Rabbit GTI(still sitting in the corner of
my shop to this day!)then I got the water cooled
fever
and have had 7 Sciroccos and 3 GTI's up to the point
about 7 years ago when the air cooled bug inside of
me
finally took hold. Found my 1st Bus, '66 13 window
Deluxe, Cumulus white/Sea Blue. Been working on it
and
driving it ever since. The way it seems with me,
when
one VW comes, they come in droves, like little loss
sheep.
I now have a '79 Westy, Mexico Beige, that we've
been
all over in, Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Big Bend,
Colorado, and to the Indy 500(unfortunately, it did
not qualify for the race, we stuck to just camping
in
it.)
I picked up "Jerry" my '65 Westy a couple of summers
ago that some of you may have seen, we took it to
T4P
and to the Tx Classic 2 weeks ago. Jerry could
probably use some fresh paint, but then again, old
faded Velvet Green/rust is kinda OK with me.
And then there's the '63 Single Cab that I'm working
on with Jake for when he turns 16, it'll kinda
complete the VW circle in my life. It's even Turkis
like Pampi's was!
And last week the darn water cooled fever bit and I
picked up "Hopper" a '84 Rabbit convertible. It's
kinda cool to drive around with no roof on your
head.
So, that's the story and I'm sticking to it, of
course
there's lots of more stories and tidbits that we all
have on these crazy little machines, that's what
makes
having them and sharing the stories so cool.
enjoy the journey,
Gary
--- singlecabboy <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Welcome Gary and Terry... Gary do you have a son
named
Jake ?
--- Dan Martin <danandkatrinamartin@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
Gary from round rock is new to the list and
having
some problems, he
should get and I hope he will reply.
Welcome to the list!
Dan Martin
1971 VW Bus
H.B.B.
T.C.B.
http://web.mac.com/danandkatrinamartin
http://ical.mac.com/danandkatrinamartin/Volks32Shows
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