Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:29:57 -0800
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From: Neil2 <vidublu@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Colin Kellogg Story
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I second that. It was me maiden VW event so a friend and I just wanted to
take it (campout) all in sorta zen like or I'da been in that 'class' takin'
notes.
I remem' havin' the same thoughts, strange character, but I'm old enough to
know you get what you pay for and by Sunday afternoon I surmised that was
the case. Colin is obviously something like a 5th dan VW Black belt!
Isn't it weird how those having the most fun are the least apt to take what
they could/should for payment?! Speaks volumes.
On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Jim Arnott <jim@wetwesties.org> wrote:
> Colin....
>
> Yeah. I've been turning wrenches for over 35 years. About half that
> professionally. I don't impress easily. Met Colin at the Deschutes Campout
> in June of this year. Wasn't particularly impressed. Struck me as kind of
> a
> strange cat.
>
> Friday afternoon a wasserboxer came into the campground on a hook. A
> friend's from about a hundred miles away. Turns out that friend's
> brother(-in-law?) was driving it. Said driver really didn't have a clue
> about Vanagons. Little red flashy light came on. Along with all the other
> lights. Continued to drive until it was surrounded by the cloud of steam.
> THEN we stop to see what's wrong. Lost belt.
>
> Mind you, Saturday afternoon in Maupin, OR (Google Map it.) Passenger side
> head has massive external leak. So along comes Colin.... Says, let's fix
> it.
> Colin and an army of helpers/observers tear it apart on the lawn. Gasket is
> trash. I mean trash! Multiple pieces kind of trash. At about this point I'm
> thinking that it's going home on a hook. Colin says, I can get it back
> together well enough to drive home. Gets out the black RTV and makes a
> head
> gasket. Screws it all back together and says leave it over night.
>
> Next afternoon (Sunday,) they fill up the cooling system and fire it up.
> No
> leaks. Owner drove it home. 100+ miles in nearly 100 degree temps. No
> leaks.
>
> Impressed? Yeah, NOW I'm impressed. I wouldn't have attempted a field
> repair
> unless I was in the middle of the Mojave without a cell phone.
>
> Looking over his book I'm even more impressed.
>
> Colin gets it. And he's a helluva field mechanic.
>
> Jim
>
> On Nov 10, 2008, at 8:33 PM, Peter T. Owsianowski wrote:
>>
>> Volks:
>>> Anybody heard of Colin Kellog? He has done remarkable illustrations
>>> of the
>>> VW engine. The illustrations have very informative copy to along
>>> with how
>>> the engine works. Found some of his stuff on the internet a few
>>> years ago.
>>> A Google search turns up nothing. Was he just a Veedubber who was a
>>> good
>>> artist?
>>>
>>
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Neil2
'82 Diesel Westfalia (USS Tinosa)
'86 Vanagon/Westfalia Wannabe (SaVannah)
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