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Re: Southern Tier(NY)/Junkyards + VW population (LONGISH)




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From: Michael Leach <scirocco16v_1@yahoo.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 7:12 AM
Subject: Southern Tier(NY)/Junkyards + VW population (LONGISH)


> Well it has been quite a while since I accepted my new Job at Lockheed
Martin in
> Owego NY but
> now
> I have settled in purchased a home and am living in Elmira,NY.
> I must say that it was hard to move away from the Rochester Crew and all
of the perks
> of living
> near Brett (and his parts bin....oops I mean garage!!!) but you got to
take the job
> where the
> money is and I am still less than 2 hours away
>
>  .....anyway I was very surprised and happy to see the large numbers of
VW's in my new
> town.
> Everywhere I turn I see Cabby's Jettas Passats and Beetles on just my
street alone of
> 14 houses
> there are 6 vws not counting mine....obviously the largest portion of
these are
> fairly new but I
> have also seen a really really clean 83 GTI a red 8716v and A freshly
painted Cabby
> with a 2L
> Crossflow conversion(I met this guy the other night and he just purchased
another MK2
> Rocc and
> plans on an 8v turbo for it).  I also made it to the local Pick-A-Part
yesterday and
> found quite
> a
> few A2 Jetta's and Golfs....I also found a really sweet Fox wagon that had
a interior
> fire and a
> QSW that I really want to take the synchro off of...there was one MK2 8v
nothing
> special though
> with a really bad paint job and a very solid brown 81 Rocc
>
> anyway it is nice to be somewhere with a large VW population

    ...where no one yet knows who you are, or what you're about.  don't
worry, mike.  give em time.  they'll chase you out of elmira soon, too.  heh

jason
the mad bastard


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