Date:         Tue, 1 Apr 2008 21:35:43 -0700
Reply-To:     Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Bearings for alternator
Comments: To: Ron Toby <ronkat81@yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To:  <160970.62171.qm@web50503.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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Ron -

No, my Old Volks Home is perhaps the original (founded in North Hollywood,
CA in 1976) before many other name imitators came along.  The specialty of
the time was mail-order reproduction EPDM Window Rubber for all the windows
on Split Rear Window Beetles (45-10/53).  It gradually moved into
originating the "California Look" Window Rubber for Beetles, etc., again
imitated by others.  I purchased the company in 1984 from the founder (Bob
Raucher, now happily retired in Northern Calif) and merged it with Sherwood
Auto Parts (bought that in 1982 - founded in 1971) to offer a more complete
line of parts, rubber and accessories for Beetles, Buses, Ghias, Type 3s and
later on Vanagons and Westfalia models.  Due to health (heart) reasons, I
closed the full-time operation in 1999, but still buy and sell on-line stuff
(mostly Bus, Vanagon, Westy and [OMG] 411/412) on a part-time basis while I
have REAL job with health benefits, but a much meager paycheck these days.
Oh well, the sacrifices one makes, eh? ;-)

I still have all of the molds and tooling to make all the various rubber
pieces, but it's been inactive for around 8 years now.  Don't have the
finances to really ever get to the full-time operation in the forseeable
future.  It was a blast for almost two decades though ;-)
--
Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
oldvolkshome@gmail.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 6:10 PM, Ron Toby <ronkat81@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Thanks everyone who helped!  Is the Old Volks home located in Rocky Mount
> NC?  There is one located there that is a shop that fixes VWs.