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update on european car Scirocco article



That would be awesome.
I think there are a few SD-area 'roccers who would make the effort to show
up.
Meet in Tecmecula?

Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Collins" <kcollins1@socal.rr.com>
To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 7:22 PM
Subject: update on european car Scirocco article


> It's now pushing 8 months since Les Bidrawn and co. did their photo-
> shoot with Randy Block and I.  We figured it would be a while before
> the article saw the light of day, but it's surely been long enough by
> now!  Last week I emailed Les to follow up on a promise he made me
> several months ago, to send me some blown up prints from the shoot.
> He replied that heck, he'd just send me the negatives and let me go
> to town.  "personal use only, no websites etc.".  Fair enough.  Today
> I received about 30 negatives and I can't wait to print 'em all up,
> they look fantastic!  Randy, I'll be hookin' you up..  :D
>
> Back to the article - he asked me if I had some pics/links to any
> "highly modified" examples.  I sent him links to pics of several
> listers' cars.  Here's the reply I got today:
>
>  hey man:
>
>  you should have those pics by today (if they went red-lable).
>  i was thinkin.........it would be cool to get a few of these cars
>  together..........put a whole rocco' section together for the mag.
>  think we could do this?
>
> Shit-howdy, a "whole section"?  Would that be cool or what??  The
> problem is, the cars I sent him were all over the country, with
> only a couple in California.  I offered to gather as many troops
> as I can locally down here, so we'll see what he comes back with to
> that offer.. stay tuned.  I'll add this - if such a gathering does
> come to fruition, if there's anyone from out of the area who wants
> to come out here for it, you're welcome to crash at my place.
>
> This all gives me the impression that the article ain't done, maybe
> not even started?!  Oh well, SOMEDAY the mighty Scirocco will have
> its day in the sun again.... and hopefully soon.  Les promised that
> this would be "the mother of ALL Scirocco articles" so we'll see if
> he can live up to that billing.
>
> --
> Kevin Collins
> Huntington Beach, CA
> '86.5 16V 2.0
> '02 GTI 337
>
>
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