Cracked frame. :(

[nealtovsen@yahoo.com (Neal)]

I'm sorry if that came across as Ron-bashing. It wasn't really meant to be
except for the fact that we were sorta-kinda "promised" these parts, and
nobody else has done anything about it because we all thought they were
coming from a reputable source. No, he is under no legal obligation to
complete the work, and I'm certainly not accusing anyone of ripping anyone
off. Just that, if he didn't really want to do it, he coulda said so a long
time ago. We've all kinda been hanging.

All that said, I want to make it EXTRA clear that at this point I'm only
gauging interest. (So far so good, BTW) Step two is to come up with some
diagrams, measurements maybe a wooden model or something and see how
feasible it is to make a bolt-on part. Only after that looks good will I
start promising orders. I'm a long way from that yet...early-mid January is
the goal. In the meantime I've got an engine to install and x-mas shopping
to do!

Neal

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Collins [mailto:kcollins1@socal.rr.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 10:13 PM
> To: Neal Tovsen
> Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Cracked frame. :(
>
>
> Neal Tovsen wrote:
>
> > I talked to Potterman about two weeks ago and harassed
> > him again about this. Still no progress from Ron. Talk
> > about procrastination...
>
> You'd have to know Ron to understand.. it could only be procrastination
> if he were actually "putting it off", but I'm quite sure he isn't - he
> just isn't in any hurry to get it done.  Ron is not motivated by money,
> he's your typical laid-back southern California-type guy, kinda like
> Jeff Spicoli on a fistful of reds.  He only works 4 days a week and
> local people clamor for the chance to get an appointment for Ron to
> work on their cars.  He really is legendary around these parts.  And
> a helluva nice guy too.
>
> My advice at this point is that someone else is gonna have to pick up
> the torch somehow or this thing will never get done.
>
> --
> Kevin Collins
> Huntington Beach, CA
> '86.5 16V 2.0
> '02 GTI 337