[tcb] Re: Welcome Gary
- From: ATX BUS <atx_bus@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:10:25 -0700 (PDT)
Glad to see you made it to the list. Another Austin bus driver.
Did Julie tell you about the Springs camp out?
Jeff
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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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