New to the list (or - Dan Bubb is the Man!)

[marc_scirocco at sympatico.ca (Mtl-Marc)]

We love rust free MKIs here!

Welcome to the list , and thanks for the pictures.

Cheers.

Marc
'83 Scirocco
'97 A4 Q
'71 H-D FLH 

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : aspodell [mailto:aspodell@cox.net] 
> Envoy? : 10 ao?t 2006 19:08
> ? : Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Objet : New to the list (or - Dan Bubb is the Man!)
> 
> Greetings List!
> 
> I've been reading for a few weeks now and I thought it was 
> time to introduce myself. My name is Adam and it's my '81 
> that Dan Bubb has taken on as his one of his many projects! 
> Hooray Dan!
> 
> A little background: Almost a year ago, with little 
> knowledge, but a great love for Sciroccos I bought (sight 
> unseen) a rust free Arizona car that I thought was a solid 
> base for a project. And it was, but I had no idea what I was 
> getting myself into. Relying on my mechanics' advice and 
> judgement I started the restoration. 
> 
> Things went along fairly smoothly for a while (with the 
> typical hiccups that I expected)...new engine, new paint, 
> custom interior (not yet installed)...until they got to the 
> wiring. I knew going into it that the car had had an 
> electrical fire and needed to be rewired, but they kept 
> telling me that they could handle it. So after months of 
> searching, I found the harnesses I needed at a salvage yard. 
> That was back in May and I thought everything was good to go 
> and I'd be driving it anyday. The short story is that the 
> mechanics backed out on completing the job. Those Jack-Bags! 
> (That's my new word and I'm promoting it's use...try it out!)
> 
> I was at a total loss as to what to do, so I turned to Mr. 
> Paul Grimes for help (who had helped me find the car to begin 
> with after he decided not to sell me his beautiful mk1). He 
> put me in touch with Dan, who thankfully, agreed to take the 
> job. Dan then enlisted Kirsten the funk-soul-kitty to 
> refurbish and route the wiring harnesses. I was gonna take 
> the car back to the jack-bags after that, but Dan-the-man 
> came through for me again and agreed to finish the rest of 
> the assembly for me! Damn, am I happy about that! Dan has 
> found so many things that the Jack-bags missed and (Dan, I 
> hope you don't mind me saying this) at a fraction of the cost 
> the jack-bags would have charged me.
> 
> So, once again, Hooray Dan! Hooray Kirsten! With a little 
> luck, a few more weeks and I'll finally be able to drive my 
> bad-ass Scirocco.
> 
> BTW, I've named my car Anvil (a story for another day) and 
> although I haven't been very good at documenting the 
> progress, if you're interested you can see some pictures on 
> Photobucket (the first 3 pics are of the mk1 that I had back 
> in college, the rest are of Anvil).
> 
>  http://s30.photobucket.com/albums/c318/asp614/
> 
> Adam Podell
> 
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