New to the list (or - Dan Bubb is the Man!)

[aspodell at cox.net (aspodell)]

Greetings List!

I've been reading for a few weeks now and I thought it was time to introduce myself. My name is Adam and it's my '81 that Dan Bubb has taken on as his one of his many projects! Hooray Dan!

A little background: Almost a year ago, with little knowledge, but a great love for Sciroccos I bought (sight unseen) a rust free Arizona car that I thought was a solid base for a project. And it was, but I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Relying on my mechanics' advice and judgement I started the restoration. 

Things went along fairly smoothly for a while (with the typical hiccups that I expected)...new engine, new paint, custom interior (not yet installed)...until they got to the wiring. I knew going into it that the car had had an electrical fire and needed to be rewired, but they kept telling me that they could handle it. So after months of searching, I found the harnesses I needed at a salvage yard. That was back in May and I thought everything was good to go and I'd be driving it anyday. The short story is that the mechanics backed out on completing the job. Those Jack-Bags! (That's my new word and I'm promoting it's use...try it out!)

I was at a total loss as to what to do, so I turned to Mr. Paul Grimes for help (who had helped me find the car to begin with after he decided not to sell me his beautiful mk1). He put me in touch with Dan, who thankfully, agreed to take the job. Dan then enlisted Kirsten the funk-soul-kitty to refurbish and route the wiring harnesses. I was gonna take the car back to the jack-bags after that, but Dan-the-man came through for me again and agreed to finish the rest of the assembly for me! Damn, am I happy about that! Dan has found so many things that the Jack-bags missed and (Dan, I hope you don't mind me saying this) at a fraction of the cost the jack-bags would have charged me.

So, once again, Hooray Dan! Hooray Kirsten! With a little luck, a few more weeks and I'll finally be able to drive my bad-ass Scirocco.

BTW, I've named my car Anvil (a story for another day) and although I haven't been very good at documenting the progress, if you're interested you can see some pictures on Photobucket (the first 3 pics are of the mk1 that I had back in college, the rest are of Anvil).

 http://s30.photobucket.com/albums/c318/asp614/

Adam Podell