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KingAir42
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Joined: May 24, 2002
Posts: 500
Location: Bakersfield
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 Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 12:32 am Post subject: Long break from the hobby |
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Hello everyone. I took a 10 year break from the vw scene to chase the dream career of aviation. It hasn't been easy being away. I miss the shows, the cruises, and the people. I feel like I grew up with this site, joined when it was vw planet. That was 16 years ago, crazy! This site has grown so much, and it's still thriving, amazing. Anyways, I have a 63 notchback that's almost done with its restoration, then gonna drive the hell out of it. I love my notch but, I'm a bug guy, always have been. I'm partial to pre 61, especially ragtops. So, I'm looking to buy a nice stock ragtop to drive to hell and back. Thanks vw gang, you all have always been a one of a kind bunch.
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mark tucker
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Joined: April 08, 2009
Posts: 23937
Location: SHALIMAR ,FLORIDA
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| Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 8:23 am Post subject: Re: Long break from the hobby |
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| we all need a break some times. I took a short break for high horsepower &the nhra circut......I need to get back at it. funny how life can get in the way of fun. |
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Spezialist
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VOLKSWAGNUT
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Joined: October 14, 2007
Posts: 11055
Location: Flippin' a Belt........ .... Off-n-On ... NC USA
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| Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 7:35 am Post subject: Re: Long break from the hobby |
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I agree.. been there..... am there again..
I was deep into Vw's late 70's - early 90's..
Then...took a long break... college, wife, home, family.....life...
I kept ONE Beetle hidden in storage over those years..
Jumped slowly back into them around 2002ish... amazed how much prices jumped on the parts while the quality had dropped.
Cars that would have been 100 bucks in the early 80's were now 500-1000 and in much worse shape.
Enter the internet.. and The Samba helped..
The Vw scene changed and the trend to more bone stock with overloaded racks, or the ridiculously rusted rolling.. and the patina'd .... which was....is an indication that the VW crowd has changed too.
Now.. I'm really burned out again.. ready to bail again.. sell off 75% of my VW collection.. and move on to something else that's more me.. and has been in my blood since early.
Not out.. just less.
Funny how these things run in cycles..
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nsracing
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Joined: November 16, 2003
Posts: 9461
Location: NOVA
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 5:41 am Post subject: Re: Long break from the hobby |
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| WEll if you are tired of the notch I can come get it. Driven everything else except a notch. |
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Air-Cooled Head
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Joined: October 15, 2002
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Location: Chicago Suburbs
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 10:51 am Post subject: Re: Long break from the hobby |
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amazed how much prices jumped... while the quality had dropped.
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This is a true statement, about life in America. 
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nsracing
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| Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 12:25 pm Post subject: Re: Long break from the hobby |
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| Air-Cooled Head wrote: |
| VOLKSWAGNUT wrote: |
amazed how much prices jumped... while the quality had dropped.
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This is a true statement, about life in America. |
That is what happens when you raise the floor. You are that much closer to the ceiling. You break the back of the middle class in punitive taxes to give it to the entitled.
Hard work is no longer required. You just gotta know how to squeeze it out of others. |
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63 vwnotch
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Joined: December 31, 2002
Posts: 734
Location: Riverside,CA Econo Motors
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 6:45 pm Post subject: Re: Long break from the hobby |
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sick and twisted truth right there..... I too took a long 9 yr break, sold off my cars and eventually moved had another kid (3)... absorbed my time with family, camping, boating, guns, dirt bikes, jeep, even started making custom knives from scratch... I still do all of the above but with moderation, always been a place in my heart for vw...
my addiction years back was bad, it absorbed all my time, eventually I felt I needed to focus more time on family... it's not a bad thing to be absorbed by, you could be spending every waking hour on dope... I have a very addictive personality but have learned to compartmentalize my hobbies, family, and life in general....
doubt I'll ever be VW less again... even considering opening up a resto shop... that will co-exist with my other business.... you just never know
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Bobnotch
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| Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 12:10 pm Post subject: Re: Long break from the hobby |
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| Air-Cooled Head wrote: |
| VOLKSWAGNUT wrote: |
amazed how much prices jumped... while the quality had dropped.
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This is a true statement, about life in America. |
The quality part is what's getting to me. Stuff that lasted forever is now junk, and over priced. I'm about to get out of VWs, and into something else like Hondas, as you can still get good parts for them. Right now I have 3 Accords. 
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63 vwnotch
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2016 10:52 pm Post subject: Re: Long break from the hobby |
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@Bobnotch you're not getting out of  .... how are you going to apply your insane skills to a honda  
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Bobnotch
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| Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2016 9:38 am Post subject: Re: Long break from the hobby |
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| 63 vwnotch wrote: |
| @Bobnotch you're not getting out of .... how are you going to apply your insane skills to a honda |
Not to worry, I just went and got another type 3 to keep me busy with VW's. Right now I just need to get this 1980 Pontiac TA Indy Pace car off the rotissery, and back on it's wheels (just got put on it yesterday). The T-3 is my old 70 Square that I painted back in 1998 and was my last Laquer paint job. At least it spent the last 16+ years in Texas, so it shouldn't need too much metal work done to it (it'll need less than the 70 KG convertible sitting in the backyard). Also have a couple of other GM's that need rust repair (not mine), so that'll keep me busy.
The idea behind having the Honda, is that it/they don't need work done to them every couple of weeks. They don't need much of anything between oil changes.  The 99 I just picked up, needs a little metal added in a couple of spots, but for the most part it's a nice solid car, with a manual transmission (5 spd).
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Bob 65 Notch S with Sunroof
71 Notch ...aka Krunchy; build pics here;
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249390 -been busy working
64 T-34 Ghia...aka Wolfie, under construction... http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=412120
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| "Friends are God's way of apologizing for relatives." |
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| People keep confusing "restored" and "restroyed". |
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mark tucker
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2016 7:48 pm Post subject: Re: Long break from the hobby |
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other than bugpoop&chrome shit I dont see much quality issues.mainly the "ass~embeler issues"  and that isant only vw related.....yes there are some parts that are junk. |
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