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RE: Last Roc of the Year - I nominate Gordon's 1975 Lagoon Blue Mk1
In terms of Original Owners, no one else has ever spoke up if they are. The
77 that was recently totaled here in the Bay Area was owned by the original
owner, Steven Zane, who brought it over from Hawaii. He was on the list a
long time ago, but the traffic was too much.
I agree, lots of people have spent a lot of time and money on their cars.
If anything, I feel fortunate that I was able to start with a new car and
carry it through till now and in turn be part of this great community called
"scirocco.org".
With that said, I still think Gordon's car is still one of the best examples
of our cars.
Don't feel guilty, like Cathy said, it takes effort to maintain any car, be
proud of what you have.
-Dick-
78 Scirocco
Original Owner
95 Passat GLX
Second Owner
-----Original Message-----
From: Gordon Forbess [mailto:gforbess@attglobal.net]
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 10:00 AM
To: Dick Y Wong
Cc: T Berk; Scirocco email List
Subject: Re: Last Roc of the Year - I nominate Gordon's 1975 Lagoon Blue Mk1
On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 20:11:51 -0800, "Dick Y Wong"
<sailingfc@dslextreme.com> wrote:
-Dick-
78 Scirocco
Original Owner
I appreciate the kind thoughts from you guys.
So many people here have done so much work (and spent so much money)
on their cars battling rust, repairing accident damage, correcting the
POs assorted dubious mods, crawling through boneyards for obscure
parts, etc. I, OTOH (and Dick Wong, I see) just had to plunk down the
money at the VW dealer, live in California, and been lucky enough to
keep the shiny side up for the last 25 or 30 years.
At the Bonelli park GTG in November, a guy looks at my car and says:
"Nice car! - where did you get the PARTS?" I don't know how many
other "original owners" are here, but does a tinge of guilt ever hit
you about answering that question?
And for T Berk.. this is indeed a carburetor. :-)
http://pws.prserv.net/gforbess/scirocco/weber.jpg
Gordon
75 Mk I/Drake 1.9
http://pws.prserv.net/gforbess/scirocco/scirocco.htm
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