Date:         Mon, 26 Jun 2000 16:00:44 -0600
Reply-To:     Tony Demille <tony@candesa.com>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tony Demille <tony@candesa.com>
Subject:      Re: Hi; I'm New
Comments: To: Damian Shaw <dts@xmission.com>
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sorry, i don't have much time. i just wanted to say, welcome!

Tony DeMille
Creative Diretor/VW lover
Candesa Interactive
251 River Park Dr.
Provo, Utah 84604



> ----------
> From:         Damian Shaw
> Reply To:     Damian Shaw
> Sent:         Monday, June 26, 2000 2:00 PM
> To:   vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject:      Hi; I'm New
>
> Hi all,
>
> I've known about your mailing list for some time and I finally decided
> to join.  Actually I did try to subscribe a while ago, but somehow I
> messed up my subscription email...
>
> Anyway, a bit about myself:
>
> My name is Damian Shaw, I live in Sandy (Suburb of Salt Lake City),
> Utah.  I owe three VWs, age-ordered they are:  an 87 Westy, 88 Quantum
> Syncro Wagon, 89 Cabriolet.
>
> I have owned the Westy the longest - about 2 1/2 years.  It is probably
> my 'best' VW with about 82k miles on the clock and in excellent shape.
> It's an all original, 5-speed, 2wd, no a/c, flash silver with gray
> interior.  Original head gaskets still holding (knock on wood).
>
> I do a lot of mechanical stuff myself with a focus on VWs.  Karl Bloss
> actually forwarded this list a technical article I put together on the
> Vanagon's throttle switches (several months ago) - he saw it posted on
> the VW Watercooled newsgroup...
>
> My cabriolet is my daily driver - and my only modified VW.  In it is a
> 'race' engine consisting of the later Jetta engine block (2.0l ABA), the
> earlier GTI solid lifter 8v head, lots of Scirocco accessories, and
> other performance parts.  You can see a brief overview of it on:
>
> http://photos.yahoo.com/damian_tyson_shaw
>
> under the 'project cabriolet' link.
>
> Finally, the Quantum is my current project - my wife and I bought it a
> few months ago and are in the process of restoring it so she can have it
> as a daily driver.  Mostly that car needs body work and we're stripping
> it down and handing it over to a restorer to give it a restoration level
> paint job.  Normally I wouldn't take on such a huge project but with the
> Quantum Syncro Wagon being so rare I felt it deserved a 2nd chance at
> life...  There are also some pictures of the Quantum at the link above.
> (No Westy pictures there - I've never had to do any 'big' repairs to
> it!)
>
> Well, I hope I can be a positive contributor to your list...
>
> Damian
>
>

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