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On May 16, 2023, at 7:25 AM, Jim Adney <<a href="mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org" class="">jadney@vwtype3.org</a>> wrote:<br class="">
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<div class="">Wow, John, those carbs look awesome. Does he blast those parts with
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baking soda? Sophy still looks great; it's hard to believe that it's been 22 <br class="">
years since you bought her. Once you owned her, how long did it take to get <br class="">
her drivable, and then into this beautiful, final condition?<br class="">
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<div class="">I started driving her as my daily before in the Spring of 2002 and then drove her out to Idaho that August for the first Invasion. She was still basically stock with what was left of her original VW Blue paint. I took her off the road in the
Spring of 2003 and started what turned out to be the 18 month long customization/restoration. I finished just in time to make the drive to Hershey for the 2004 Invasion. As a matter of fact, we were still buffing out the paint and doing finally trim install
the night before I left for the Invasion.</div>
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It's also hard to believe that we are ALL now 22 years older!<br class="">
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<div class="">I know, right? This was from 2000 when I came out to meet you and Russ and check out Sophy for the first time.</div>
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We're looking forward to seeing a bunch of our east side Type 3 friends at <br class="">
the Gilmore Aircooled Gathering in June. I've got 2 cars coming from <br class="">
Wisconsin, but I'm still hoping that others may decide to attend. Have you <br class="">
heard anything from Bob & Sue Heydt?<br class="">
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I have not, but reached out to their son Rob on Facebook in case I had an old email for Bob.</div>
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John Jaranson<br class="">
<a href="http://www.carartbyjohn.com/" class="">www.carartbyjohn.com</a><br class="">
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