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Mon Feb 16, 2004 8:57 pm

VW Trends finally put a non-yellow, not over restored bitchin' VW in the mag. I'd park that split in my shop!!!

Fri Mar 12, 2004 9:56 am

Long-roofs wrote: VW Trends finally put a non-yellow, not over restored bitchin' VW in the mag. I'd park that split in my shop!!!

Hey thanks its mine :)
more pics here.
www.fotki.com/vdubjim

Fri Mar 12, 2004 2:09 pm

I had to check the cover to make sure it wasn't something else.
Cool car, Jim!

Fri Mar 12, 2004 3:02 pm

Agreed. Nice Patina.

Fri Mar 12, 2004 3:12 pm

Very cool. I'm sure I have seen that car in other mags too.

Fri Mar 12, 2004 4:22 pm

Yeah I've seen it in some other mags too. Leave the wheels as is though, BRMs wouldn't look as nice, you wouldn't see the porsche drums pokin out...Sweet ride man!

Fri Mar 12, 2004 4:58 pm

Hey man, just curious how someone like me would get their car in a magazine? Havent seen too many custom cars from Up north in VW trands or Hot VW's...

cool ride dude..

Fri Mar 12, 2004 5:06 pm

classiguy3@aol.com wrote: Hey man, just curious how someone like me would get their car in a magazine? Havent seen too many custom cars from Up north in VW trands or Hot VW's...

cool ride dude..
look through hot vws and vw trends and see what shows they cover in your area. then start showing your car at those shows and hope one of the mag guys likes your car and wants to shoot it.

Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:11 pm

vdubjim wrote: Long-roofs wrote: VW Trends finally put a non-yellow, not over restored bitchin' VW in the mag. I'd park that split in my shop!!!

Hey thanks its mine :)
more pics here.
www.fotki.com/vdubjim

Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:21 am

Thats an awesome car - think I saw it in some show pics some years ago in a mag? What size tires are you running on the front and rear?? Its damn hard to get good profile tires for 16's in that width.

Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:38 am

This thread is four years old and the car's owner hasn't logged on in almost three months, so I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for a reply. :wink:

Photo 50 in his album says the fronts are 135/65/16 on the slotted wheels. On the Sprint Stars, looks like 135/15's and maybe 205/65/15.

Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:14 pm

I talk to Jim on Yahoo messanger all the time. I actually sent him the tires for the front back in the day which were spare tires off of a Chevy Camero I believe got them from the local junkyard.

you can get a hold of him at Vdubjim@yahoo.com

Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:27 pm

Yustrn wrote: I talk to Jim on Yahoo messanger all the time. I actually sent him the tires for the front back in the day which were spare tires off of a Chevy Camero I believe got them from the local junkyard.

you can get a hold of him at Vdubjim@yahoo.com Thats what the OCT '03 Ultra VW says too :D 165/75X16 front 2001 C.C. space saver tire. Rear 5.50X16 Crossplies. I also thought it was FUN that VW magazines were doing articles on something so "beat up " hehe

Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:54 am

HerrrKafer wrote: This thread is four years old and the car's owner hasn't logged on in almost three months, so I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for a reply. :wink:

Photo 50 in his album says the fronts are 135/65/16 on the slotted wheels. On the Sprint Stars, looks like 135/15's and maybe 205/65/15.

Thanks for the reply HerrKafer - I should have looked more closely at the pics :oops: Thas an unusual size I would have thought - 135/65/16. Good tire size was the one thing preventing me from fitting original wheels to my Pre-A 356

Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:05 pm

Funny this thread popped up again!
I am the one that sold the split to Jim when he worked for the USAF in Germany. We have had contact since then, I think it is about 5 years now.

Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:34 pm

Jim,
Awesome car! I have loved it since the first time I saw it. Nice!!! Patina :wink:

Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:56 am

Most of all this car is proof of how wide the Atlantic Ocean is...

Ever since 1997/98 loads of europeans have been confessing to the "patina & stamina"-God of preserving rather than over-restoring ... and often in combination with mild lowering and some period accessories. Numerous patina-Splits have been around on the European scene for over 10 years now.... Then one visiting American 5-7 years later...catches the idea...makes his copy...and wham! - all of a sudden its a new thing, an exiting thing and a published thing. "Trendsetter" on one side of the ocean "CopyCat" on the other.. Interesting.

Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:27 am

SplitPersonality wrote: Most of all this car is proof of how wide the Atlantic Ocean is...

Ever since 1997/98 loads of europeans have been confessing to the "patina & stamina"-God of preserving rather than over-restoring ... and often in combination with mild lowering and some period accessories. Numerous patina-Splits have been around on the European scene for over 10 years now.... Then one visiting American 5-7 years later...catches the idea...makes his copy...and wham! - all of a sudden its a new thing, an exiting thing and a published thing. "Trendsetter" on one side of the ocean "CopyCat" on the other.. Interesting.

Good point.

Americans have for years faithfully restoring cars to original specs, many not wanting to drive cars that are rusty, dented and potentially unsafe. At the better shows in the US, there is usually a decent row of shiny, freshly painted splits in the early class. Maybe soon, a European will come to the US, take a car completely down to bare metal, and then build it up again with all the correct parts.. and wham! Set a new trend in Europe for nit picky, matching-Kamax-fender-bolts restorations....

:lol:

Oh, and don't miss the --> :wink:

Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:32 am

johnshenry wrote: SplitPersonality wrote: Most of all this car is proof of how wide the Atlantic Ocean is...

Ever since 1997/98 loads of europeans have been confessing to the "patina & stamina"-God of preserving rather than over-restoring ... and often in combination with mild lowering and some period accessories. Numerous patina-Splits have been around on the European scene for over 10 years now.... Then one visiting American 5-7 years later...catches the idea...makes his copy...and wham! - all of a sudden its a new thing, an exiting thing and a published thing. "Trendsetter" on one side of the ocean "CopyCat" on the other.. Interesting.

Good point.

Americans have for years faithfully restoring cars to original specs, many not wanting to drive cars that are rusty, dented and potentially unsafe. At the better shows in the US, there is usually a decent row of shiny, freshly painted splits in the early class. Maybe soon, a European will come to the US, take a car completely down to bare metal, and then build it up again with all the correct parts.. and wham! Set a new trend in Europe for nit picky, matching-Kamax-fender-bolts restorations....

:lol:

Oh, and don't miss the --> :wink:

:lol: :lol:
funny shit

Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:41 pm

By all means - I get the point. Good point.

But - rest assured: There is a huge amount of MORE difference between "preservation" vs "hoodride"....as compared to the difference between "preservation" and "restoration". That borderline is also very clear in Europe...and a reason why shows like for example HO09 encourages "originality", yet prohibits "rat look". Very very very different aspects, so let us not even discuss unsafe, unpreserved ratlookhoodriders.. evenly unwlecome on both sides of the Atlantic.