[tcb] Re: Welcome Gary
- From: "Gary P. Alexander" <meanmachine41@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:40:34 -0700 (PDT)
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
>
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> ----- 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
> > >
> >
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