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veelah25 Samba Member
Joined: May 02, 2006 Posts: 17 Location: Yorktown VA
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PackRat42 Samba Member
Joined: August 30, 2009 Posts: 13 Location: Saint Marys GA
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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I will be moving up that way in sept. I will be in groton for about 4 1/2 years, maybe I'll run in to some of you guys. |
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thewalrus Big Jack
Joined: March 27, 2006 Posts: 3014 Location: Belchertown, MA
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Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 7:13 am Post subject: |
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There's a few Groton's in New England. Which one are you moving to?
If it's Groton, MA I'll be two towns over from you. _________________ '73 Transporter 1.7L Dual Carb
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Looking forward to next weekend, weed, krunk juice, hookers, blow, hanging with bums, philly, ...the awards! |
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Stock Steve Samba Member
Joined: April 10, 2005 Posts: 1963 Location: My Left Nutmeg State
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Stanagon Samba Member
Joined: July 11, 2003 Posts: 4186 Location: Boston, MA
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Stock Steve Samba Member
Joined: April 10, 2005 Posts: 1963 Location: My Left Nutmeg State
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Stock Steve Samba Member
Joined: April 10, 2005 Posts: 1963 Location: My Left Nutmeg State
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Paintedbus Samba Member
Joined: September 14, 2003 Posts: 679 Location: salem, ma
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Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2013 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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Hello! I am in Salem, MA but do a lot of road tripping for my business PAINTEDBUS. I paint murals on stuff and just completed my 12th vw bus mural in SC (my 13th vw and 14 full vehicle mural) Here I am last week on top of the Blue Ridge Parkway in NC.
I am also the one at the shows screen printing t-shirts on demand.
_________________ Champagne Edition Roadtrip monster "Juakali"
~"Paintedbus" Ken~
The Mobile Muralist
WWW.PAINTEDBUSART.COM |
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JayO Samba Member
Joined: June 14, 2013 Posts: 310 Location: Taxachusetts
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Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 2:33 pm Post subject: My LONG boring story |
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Hey all, I’m afraid I haven’t made my introductions all around the board here, as I’ve only been posting in the late model ’68 up forum.
I’ve lurked here for a long time, and decided to join up recently, as I’m back in the VW fold.
Here’s my really long and boring background…
I used to be pretty active in the VW community back in the ’80’s.
I spent almost 10 years as a mechanic at Herb Anderson Volkswagen, in Norwood Ma.
When I worked at Herb’s, I was doing mostly the newer watercooled, and very little on ACVW’s.
I left Herb’s shortly after Herb Sr. retired, and passed it on to his son ( Herb Jr.), that’s when they took on Renault/AMC/Jeep and I was getting stuck working on all that crap.
We were a flat rate shop and with AMC’s new 5/50 warranty, working on Renault, I was losing my shirt on what warranty times were paying.
I then spent a summer working at Joe’s Auto, in Dedham, Ma. sometime in the late 80’s, doing a 50/50 mix of watercooled and ACVW’s.
Then a friend of mine Jimmy (that I worked with at Herb’s) asked me to come to work with him up in Natick MA., so I spent 3 or 4 years up there, at Gibbs VW repair.
I learned most of what I know about aircooled’s working at Gibbs.
Me, Jimmy (and “Buster” another Herb’s alumni) had some great times up there in his shop.
Those were some of the best times in my life, we did a lot of work but we had a lot of fun too.
I may have even worked on some of the folks here cars.
But times change, and I ended up getting out of the automotive field entirely.
My best friend Sean (another Herb’s alumni) took my place up there and ran Gibbs VW with Jimmy, eventually taking over the shop alone, until he got out of the field too in the mid 90’s.
The ’80’s was a great time to be a VW fan, as people were all going crazy trading in their aircooled’s for the newfangled watercooled Rabbit’s, Jetta’s and Dasher’s, you could score some really nice low mileage aircooled’s for almost no money at all, and most of us mechanics did.
I have owned way too many VW’s over the years to remember, some for only a few days to fix up and flip for beer money.
The last time I owned a VW there was no internet, so this place feels kinda like home !
I recently picked up a ’77 Super Convertible, after wanting one for a long time, single owner 62K original miles !
Never had a convertible Bug, so now I’m back…
… back to laying on the ground adjusting valves, having oil drip in my eyes.
Still… great to be here !
I might even know some of you folks here, from a hundred years ago.
EDIT : Oh yeah, with all my babbling I almost forgot. I'm in Mansfield, MA.
Anyway... here’s my new baby, the first day I got her home :
- Jay |
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Stock Steve Samba Member
Joined: April 10, 2005 Posts: 1963 Location: My Left Nutmeg State
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JayO Samba Member
Joined: June 14, 2013 Posts: 310 Location: Taxachusetts
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Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2013 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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Hey Steve thanks.
Damn, I'm just seeing your message now, I wish I had known earlier I might have been able to make a road trip down there. It looks like about an hour and a half from where I'm at, maybe 2 hrs. in the Bug.
Hopefully it was a good time, it certainly was a good day for it , a bit on the hot side but that's much better than rain.
- Jay |
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my59 Samba Member
Joined: August 13, 2003 Posts: 3781 Location: connecting the dots
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It was a bit warm- a good turn out though. I had to leave early to go to a bbq that involved a swimming pool. _________________ my59: Well son, my grandfather died before I got to drive it, so does that answer your question?
our79: sunroof bus w/camper interior and 2.0 FI
Other:'12 Jetta, '77 Benz 300D, and a 74 MG Midget. |
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Stock Steve Samba Member
Joined: April 10, 2005 Posts: 1963 Location: My Left Nutmeg State
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Stanagon Samba Member
Joined: July 11, 2003 Posts: 4186 Location: Boston, MA
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 7:47 pm Post subject: Re: My LONG boring story |
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JayO wrote: |
Hey all...
Then a friend of mine Jimmy (that I worked with at Herb’s) asked me to come to work with him up in Natick MA., so I spent 3 or 4 years up there, at Gibbs VW repair.
I learned most of what I know about aircooled’s working at Gibbs.
Me, Jimmy (and “Buster” another Herb’s alumni) had some great times up there in his shop.
Those were some of the best times in my life, we did a lot of work but we had a lot of fun too.
I may have even worked on some of the folks here cars.
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Was Gibbs VW on Rt. 135, leftside, heading west from Natick center?
I think it is now a body shop called Brazaugo. They did a pan-off resto on a '68 bug and some other nice body work for various customers of mine. I have a shop a little further down Rt. 135, near Speen St.
-Stan _________________ Stan's Classic Service, specializing in air-cooled VWs:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=614073
www.stanagon.com
My '61 Mango bus thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=110367
My '64 vert thread: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=386344
My '71 squareback thread: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=637709 |
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JayO Samba Member
Joined: June 14, 2013 Posts: 310 Location: Taxachusetts
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Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 4:20 pm Post subject: Re: My LONG boring story |
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Stanagon wrote: |
Was Gibbs VW on Rt. 135, leftside, heading west from Natick center?
I think it is now a body shop called Brazaugo. They did a pan-off resto on a '68 bug and some other nice body work for various customers of mine. I have a shop a little further down Rt. 135, near Speen St.
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Yup, that's the place.
We were upstairs and there was a small one man body shop downstairs, I forget the guys name, nice guy though.
We had some good times working up there, he did a good business back in the day, especially when "The Dead" was in town.
I'm down in Mansfield, it's good to know that your shop there, not too many places left who I would trust to work on the air-cooled stuff.
I'll probably have to look you up at some point, as I'm sure there's going to be some stuff I won't be able to do on my back in the driveway now that I'm back in the VW club.
- Jay |
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joehadams Samba Member
Joined: May 19, 2011 Posts: 242 Location: Connecticut
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Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 9:55 am Post subject: |
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I was on Block Island, RI on Monday and saw a few VW's hanging out!
This Thing:
This Bay Window:
and this Bug:
There was also a black Vanagon but didnt have time to snap a photo. Any of the owners on the samba? |
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Jim Bear Samba Member
Joined: March 25, 2006 Posts: 670 Location: Watkinsville, GA
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Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 6:17 am Post subject: Interested... |
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I have a line on a mid-60's Beetle in Rhode Island that is tucked up in a driveway behind a not driven Explorer and an Olds 88 (?) and it is likely not going anywhere anytime soon. I wanted it, was almost ready to make an offer, then moved back down south. I just put a down payment on a '67 and this dream has got to die or I will go crazy.
Here is a link to the thread I started regarding it with one crappy pic.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=514266
Anyone interested in details on where to find it? I would have to kind of get to know you a slight bit before giving the exact local as you would be heading up to this old guys door and he and a I had a sort of 'acquaintanceship' of sorts; we talked VW and this particular Beetle's history a few times when I was able to catch him in front of his house on rare occasion. It is just sitting in the elements year round and has been for years. It needs to be liberated! I would ask that you be interested in keeping it as stock as possible before I share. Send me a PM. _________________ "You're either on the bus, or you're off the bus." ~kk
'85 Vanagon Westy - George In the Stable 2020-?/'74 Weekender - Ophelia In the Stable 2007- ?/'69 Beetle Convertible - SOLD 2017-2020/'67 Beetle - September SOLD 2013-2016 /'67 SO42 Westy - Sage SOLD 1996-2001 /'69 Transporter - Baby Blue SOLD 1995-1995/'72 Westy - Nelly - SOLD 1990-1995--STOP FRACKING |
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dorfy76 Samba Member
Joined: March 19, 2006 Posts: 10 Location: Bergen County, NJ
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Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 5:24 pm Post subject: Panel in CT |
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Two Roads Brewery in Stratford CT has this pretty sweet panel.
_________________ '65 Beetle |
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joehadams Samba Member
Joined: May 19, 2011 Posts: 242 Location: Connecticut
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Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 9:22 am Post subject: Re: Panel in CT |
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dorfy76 wrote: |
Two Roads Brewery in Stratford CT has this pretty sweet panel.
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Thats about 5 minutes from my house! Its very sweet. I have yet to see them drive it though. |
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joehadams Samba Member
Joined: May 19, 2011 Posts: 242 Location: Connecticut
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Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 9:23 am Post subject: |
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*FOUND A WIDE 5, IGNORE THIS*
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