[T3] Notchback Diary (and a little off topic)

["D&L Walters" <waltee@prodigy.net>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>Hey everyone, just got in from dropping the Notch at the body shop. Lot's of
comments, people coming from other shops nearby to ask questions about her,
folks stopping by in their cars...It's nice to see that even stripped, the
Notch still can turn some heads.Enrique, the owner, said he's restored worse
and he had the pics to prove it. I guess mine isn't as bad as some of the
other VW's dragged in, maybe there is hope for the old girl after all.AAR,
time frame is about 90+ days, with sandblasting, patches welded in, pans
repaired, new heater channels welded in and taken to primer. We'll see...
Took the trailer back to my buddy's place and met him there to put it behind
the house. OH MY....His house has been converted to a shop for his "hobby".
He bought the house for his mom, turned the garage in back into a two story
workshop with a full set of tools-welders, blasters, metal brake, etc. A 2nd
story loft in front of the frame lift to store two cars upstairs, a fully
aluminum body AC Cobra on a rotisserie in the one engine bay waitng
restoration, an office and a "clean room"- for rebuilding engines- upstairs.
A 1950's MGA MK II on a ramp behind the shop "for parts, maybe to rebuild".
But wait, it gets worse. Inside the house, in the old garage, an '89 Porsche
930 whale tail ("sorry it's so dirty, I haven't driven it for a while""Hey,
don't worry about it"), and in the inside workshop, about half a dozen 427
and 289 Cobra engines that he rebuilds and sells on the side and two or
three shelves of Weber carbs and manifolds also for sale (sorry, mostly 48
IDA'a and bigger). I told him that if this is just a hobby, then I  don't
even count. I even offered to let him adopt me, but no dice. I may be able
to weasel in some lift time or maybe borrow a paint booth later on, but he
makes me look like a wannabe. I think I may have found my dream home, now if
only I could convince the family....
David Walters
'73 1600 L Notchback
S. FL, USA

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