Who are You ?

chuckput · Post by **chuckput** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 9:03 pm

I better throw in too.

I am 58 years young, married to the same gorgeous woman for the past 33+ years. I am a high school Special Education teacher in Calexico, California. I was born in Southern California but lived in the mid-west for 18 years partially because I joined the Air Force and worked under the plains of Kansas as a guidance and electronics specialist on Titan II ICBMs. We moved to the Imperial Valley 20 years ago and we love it!! With such easy access to the desert I began thinking about a toy. I owned a '63 VW Bus while in high school that I cut my teeth on wrenching on VWs. I have also owned a '76 Westphalia. I went a good long time without a VW in my garage, but I was always thinking and dreaming about them through various magazines. My current ride (Chuck's Baja Build) started life as a fiberglass buggy on a full size '69 pan with a 1500 SP engine. As I began working on it a snowball appeared and started rolling. Before long it ballooned out of control - '67 body, full roll cage, 091 bus box, 2500 Type IV engine (w/ Porsche fan shroud),and on and on. We are making a big push on it right now because a group of friends are planning an 80 mile trail ride on Nov. 22. Crossing my fingers.

Post by **Leatherneck** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 9:00 am

Good to see the intro's coming, Air Force huh? Well that's ok, still glad to have you in the dirtpile. Who's next?

H2OSB · Post by **H2OSB** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 1:35 pm

I'm johnL. I'm 45 and have been married for 24 years. I'm the co-founder of Super Beetles Only! although I dropped out of the hobby for ten years and only came back at the beginning of 2014. I'm a biologist by education, but work as a pathology assistant and lab tech. I currently have 2 '74 Super Beetles, one of which is being built as my 15 year old middle son's first car. I'm building my car as a pseudo German Look, while my son is doing a modified resto-cal. Both cars will be getting Subaru mills.

mountainkowboy · Post by **mountainkowboy** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 5:36 pm

Chuck A, 56, married 15 years, 2 kids, 5 grandkids. Started as a car stereo installer after the Navy stint and worked up to a district Manager before the market died. Went into public utilities, water and sewer and retired from there. Right now I'm working with my long time bud building hot rods and flipping cars and trucks for fun. Have a 71 SB vert that needs a lot of rust repair and a 71 Ghia that's going to be a DD eventually, and I'm into old IH junk-iron too.

sailtexas186548 · Post by **sailtexas186548** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:07 am

I'm Alex, I am 24, mechanical engineer specializing turbo-machinery repair. I'm a gear head, have been into boat racing, drag racing, forced induction engines, and fabrication for a long time. My buddy bought a baja bug of craigslist and I helped him fix it up - drove it once and knew I had to have one.

picked up a junky one with some spare parts and let the sparks fly! trying to get it together and on the road, thinking about racing it in the future but for now it's just a toy.

I'm sure I can add some good info here about fabrication/design/suspension/engines, but the VW stuff is rather new so i'll be learning as well.

CentralWAbaja · Post by **CentralWAbaja** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:28 am

sailtexas186548 wrote:I'm Alex, I am 24, mechanical engineer specializing turbo-machinery repair. I'm a gear head, have been into boat racing, drag racing, forced induction engines, and fabrication for a long time. My buddy bought a baja bug of craigslist and I helped him fix it up - drove it once and knew I had to have one.

picked up a junky one with some spare parts and let the sparks fly! trying to get it together and on the road, thinking about racing it in the future but for now it's just a toy.

I'm sure I can add some good info here about fabrication/design/suspension/engines, but the VW stuff is rather new so i'll be learning as well.

Welcome to the Dirt Pile Alex!

You will fit in fine here, glad to have ya!

bajaherbie · Post by **bajaherbie** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 6:02 pm

watch out for Leatherneck....

tikotiko · Post by **tikotiko** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 6:08 pm

And baja herbie

az66ss · Post by **az66ss** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 8:05 pm

I,m Jon the from AZ. I've been on this site for years but never posted a tread. I'm in my 7th year on a baja project and I think I'm finally on the downhill side. It's not so much that took 7 years to build but I get very side tracked. I'll figure out how to post some picks and start a build tread soon.

CentralWAbaja · Post by **CentralWAbaja** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:09 pm

az66ss wrote:I,m Jon the from AZ. I've been on this site for years but never posted a tread. I'm in my 7th year on a baja project and I think I'm finally on the downhill side. It's not so much that took 7 years to build but I get very side tracked. I'll figure out how to post some picks and start a build tread soon.

Well, I think we have a "Lurker of the year" award winner right here.

Glad to see you post up, now let's see some pics!

Post by **Leatherneck** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 5:38 pm

Good to see some new guys coming in. Make yourselves at home, ask questions, give advice when you can. This is a great place to hang out in. Our only problem is we have no problem spending your money or maxing your plastic out, that's just how we roll.

az66ss, what part of Az are you in?

560 · Post by **560** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 9:27 pm

Welcome guys.

Mike

madmitch · Post by **madmitch** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:45 am

Welcome to the newcomers. Post often and include pics if you can. You will find it is easier than typing 1000 words. Also it makes more impact on a thread if you can include them. It may be a little frustrating at first but well worth it once you figure out how.

bikesndbugs · Post by **bikesndbugs** » Tue May 31, 2016 10:55 am

So i made an account here after lurking for a while Ive also been lurking on samba i just happen to have an account there.I decided it was time to make one here. Im Travis im a junior in high school and am attempting to build a baja bug as a first car. Ive got a 68 beetle and have began collecting parts to do it and i should be starting soon. I live in san diego and ride bmx. not sure what else i should add but hi and excuse me bringing up the old thread i just felt i needed to introduce myself

CentralWAbaja · Post by **CentralWAbaja** » Tue May 31, 2016 12:06 pm

Welcome Travis. You will like it better here then the Samba, I know I do. Feel free to start a thread on your car and ask away on the questions. If you do not own Jeff Hibbards book "Baja Bugs and Buggies" get one and read it cover to cover, front to back and back to front. Its old and out dated but so are air cooled VW's and so are most of us around here. It will give you the basics and most of that has not changed much. While there are some guys around here that are building cars that are way beyond a basic baja and some of the info in that book that was geared towards racing back in the 80's is out dated. The basics of how these cars work, and how to build ones that you can drive daily and play with on the weekend, is well covered in that book.

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