Lug_Nut
TDIClub Enthusiast, Pre-Forum Veteran Member
Home at 22:00. 3,901.14 miles since my departure 10 days ago according to the GPS.
Think how bad it would have been if growler, myself, and the gentleman from Iowa hadn't loaded up......Great! Though I definitely noticed the difference coming back with the load of parts I was (still am) carrying for BoraParts!!![]()
Thanks!Think how bad it would have been if growler, myself, and the gentleman from Iowa hadn't loaded up......
I assume Aaron and the Passat wagon brigade are making a pit stop at your place on the way home??
I was looking at that wagon and thinking how much I liked the color!!!!
Wow, you did a great job bringing this classic vehicle to life. It took you a while, but it was worth it. I don't see any rust on that video and the decaying wheels and tires are now gone.It's been nine years (already?!?) since I brought the yellow (originally factory red) Sonett back to New England, and I've FINALLY gotten it and my red (originally factory blue) Sonett blended together, running and passing inspection! It's been a long, often frustrating, definitely not inexpensive, journey, but I'm very pleased that the results have been much more than satisfactory.
There was a rolling (Covid social distancing) car show a week after I got it back together. It's on camera from the 1:30 to the 2:00 minute marks in this clip.
Two questions:It's been nine years (already?!?) since I brought the yellow (originally factory red) Sonett back to New England, and I've FINALLY gotten it and my red (originally factory blue) Sonett blended together, running and passing inspection! It's been a long, often frustrating, definitely not inexpensive, journey, but I'm very pleased that the results have been much more than satisfactory.
There was a rolling (Covid social distancing) car show a week after I got it back together. It's on camera from the 1:30 to the 2:00 minute marks in this clip.
What was the color of the Javelin? A friend of mine once owned one in "Fresh Plum" (the story of how he got it is interesting).Fourth in the video was an AMX, 5th was a Javelin.
Friend of yours, Jon? Seen earlier today at the Westerly Yacht Club's car show...Mine's a Sonett V4. Little difference other than the engine, the bellhousing, and clutch actuation. 750 cc triple two-stroke and cable operated clutch in the Sonett II (1966 only, 256(?) examples built), 1500 cc 60 degree V4 four stroke with hydraulic clutch in the V4 (1966 through 1969, with 1649 built over that 4 year time).
Fourth in the video was an AMX, 5th was a Javelin. The AMX was set up as a street legal drag car. My interest that day was primarily a shake-down of my recently completed work, but that Corvair was a real distradtion for me.