My autobody nightmare (and it's not over yet) LONG!

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

My first Scirocco was Pewter Grey also. It was an 1984 8V. I wish I would 
have never gotten rid of it even though I bought a 16V to replace.

On 8/14/05, Rick Kellner <rfkellner@snet.net> wrote: 
> 
> Jeff, defiantly a nice looking car, the Pewter Grey that came on the
> Champagne edition is still my favorite color. I am partial to that
> color since it was the color of my first Scirocco. I picked it up in
> the spring of 77. I should dig out the pictures of that car some day...
> Rick.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: scirocco-l-bounces+rfkellner=snet.net@scirocco.org
> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+rfkellner=snet.net@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of
> GGehrke
> Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 7:46 PM
> To: Julie Macfarlane
> Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: My autobody nightmare (and it's not over yet) LONG!
> 
> Jeff Toomasson = Gamblinfool? I had no idea. See both names
> frequently but never correlated them.
> 
> anyways..
> 
> Yea, body shops are so iffy like that. I just helped one of my
> friend's cousins work stuff out with a body shop that was dragging ass
> on a body work and paint job and yanking his chain for the last few
> month. I learned a lot about how to deal with these types (about
> having written contracts, putting your foot down and setting
> ultimatums (sp?) and such) but more and more it makes me glad I'm
> learning to paint myself so maybe I can avoid ever having to deal with
> these yahoos.
> 
> Best of luck with the rest of the build. The car does look pretty
> damn nice right now, though!
> 
> -Grant-
> 
> 
> On 8/14/05, Julie Macfarlane <juliemac57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Jeff you posted that on the Kotex before us?
> >
> > Shame
> >
> > But nice loooking car :)
> >
> >
> >
> > Julie Macfarlane
> > "Its not just a car! Its an adventure!"
> > 1981 MKI 2L 16v w 2Y
> > Amsterdam NY
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: Jeff Toomasson <area53@validpath.com>
> > >To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > >Subject: My autobody nightmare (and it's not over yet) LONG!
> > >Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:07:34 -0700
> > >
> > >Pasted from Vortex 'cuz I'm lazy... :)
> > >
> > >http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2138396
> > >
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-- 
Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at 
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)