I miss this place

[VWGirl]

The people, the knowledge, the bickering, all of it. There will never again be the RAMVA that once was. Just want to all to know that I love and miss you all <3

[ChrisKlinger]

VWGirl, VWGoddess, Jan, SpeedyJim, VeeDubber, Me, John Conally, the other
John and many that I've no doubt forgotten to mention... many of us are
still around. The only one I'm certain won't drop in anymore is Bob Hoover -
a legend in his own time.

Still, I profoundly feel what you're saying. It was like a prohibition
speakeasy. Subtle, intimate, profound.

I do miss it over forum-anonymity.

Good to see you're still around. Watcha drivin' these days?

Chris

BTW:

Whatever happened to the guy out in Vegas? Forgive me, I've drawn a blank,
but I met him once IRL.

[VWGirl]

guy in vegas? not a clue

I am driving a 2002 jetta wagon at the moment... this thing has something they call air conditioning? never heard of it before. weird stuff!

i need to put an aircooled back on the road... aside from my 64 notch... and need to find the keys to my 78 westy as it is campin time!

i just miss what we had going on 10 years ago... when i could sit in front of ramva for hours. i guess nothing is ever quite the same as it once was.

[AllanW]

On Wednesday, 24 April 2013 13:25:30 UTC+12, VWGirl wrote:
> The people, the knowledge, the bickering, all of it. There will never again be the RAMVA that once was. Just want to all to know that I love and miss you all <3

The place is still here... kinds, it's just in a different place :-)

It's the people that have gone.

Back in the day, there wasn't much besides RAMVA... Now there is an over-abundance of forums to choose from. They seem to be a lot more "Nationalised" rather than an international place.

I guess we're all looking at it through rose tinted glasses a bit too, plus I was only a spring chicken when I read RAMVA all those years ago... I'm 34 now. Practically a different person!

[ChrisKlinger]

Google says: "Did you mean Hair Conditioning?"

Though I confess that, living in miami, I would DIE to have AC in the Ghia.

Campin' time? Ours just ended, when nighttime temps hit 80 again.

Good to see you active here.

Chris

[Kafe...@aol.com]

On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 9:25:30 PM UTC-4, VWGirl wrote:
> The people, the knowledge, the bickering, all of it. There will never again be the RAMVA that once was. Just want to all to know that I love and miss you all <3

It was Eric A. in Vegas he moved to Salt lake to work with John C but after finding out what type of person he was moved on but is still in that area.

Chris I'm surprised that I haven't seen more Aircooled VW's running around during the winters while I'm there.

VWGirl As I said not long ago I think alot of people were just here to try to bash me, and couldn't handle the truth that I did nothing wrong and now enjoying retirement.



lets see how this gets things going...lol

[ChrisKlinger]

Kafe...@aol.com wrote:

>
> It was Eric A. in Vegas he moved to Salt lake to work with John C but
> after finding out what type of person he was moved on but is still in that
> area.
>
> Chris I'm surprised that I haven't seen more Aircooled VW's running around
> during the winters while I'm there.
>
> VWGirl As I said not long ago I think alot of people were just here to try
> to bash me, and couldn't handle the truth that I did nothing wrong and now
> enjoying retirement.
>
>
>
> lets see how this gets things going...lol

Eric Allred!That's it! Good memory, thanks. Hadn't heard anything about John
C.

Speaking of Johns, where's JohnHenry?

Chris

[verdigo]

On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 8:25:30 PM UTC-5, VWGirl wrote:
> The people, the knowledge, the bickering, all of it. There will never again be the RAMVA that once was. Just want to all to know that I love and miss you all <3

On a whim I just did a search for this group. Looks like this thread is pretty dated. I was here back in the 00s as well. Its good to see a few names to jog my memory.

[Kirk]

I still receive notifications of postings but it isn't the same. Jan Anderson is on Facebook. So are aome of the other old faces.

[Tricky]

I don't know how I just arrived here ? .. anyway , very surprised to see anyone still posting ! Most of my cars ar still VW .. incl the 924's ! lol
and , yep , I miss this place too !

[Bill Berckman]

I am still around, but now VWs at the moment. Not aircooled, but have owned a 07 Honda Element for the last 8 years. I have gotten back into bicycling and camping and the use the Element as a camper and bike hauler. Do miss the glory days of Ramva around the time of Y2K. It was a great group of ACVW enthusiast at the time and may never be repeated or replicated on the web based forums. Anyone remember the New Years Eve 24 hour VW chat. I think that Jan Andersson acutally stayed active in the chat room for all 24 hours one year.

[kaferdave]

Hi, Bill !! Remember the ride we took in Sharon Woods, wityh that RUF-Equipped 998 Porsche?

[Jroza1]

On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 6:25:30 PM UTC-7, VWGirl wrote:
> The people, the knowledge, the bickering, all of it. There will never again be the RAMVA that once was. Just want to all to know that I love and miss you all <3

I remember this group close to 20 years ago... I sold a few cars here to ANT and caused a little mayhem myself. I find that some of these old groups still have people getting messages. I am trying to track down ANT the Menace - I sold him 2 cars and 1 I would like to see if I can find... It's. a chopped 64 convertible with a removable hard/soft top.

If anyone knows of Ant's whereabouts or the 64' I would love to know...

Josh

[Kirk]

On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 6:25:30 PM UTC-7, VWGirl wrote:

> The people, the knowledge, the bickering, all of it. There will never again be the RAMVA that once was. Just want to all to know that I love and miss you all <3

There isn't much going on anymore. I have gone from a '63 daily driver to having a '64 garage queen. A quick weekend swap of a turnkey rebuild of the original motor has turned into a month and a half of (oh, that tin is missing, the generator has rotting wire insulation, wait - the heat risers are perforated, is that transmission oil leading, Where are the studs for the engine to transmission mounting, etc.
Funny too how what was easy 30 years ago is a lot harder to manage now (without assistance).
KW
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'64 Beetle - the Blue Wave

[nicklo...@gmail.com]

Randomly remembered this group while talking about the old days.

I don't even remember what my user name was. I remember being here for hours and hours each day though!

[MFK59]

Wow, I stumbled across a ‘RAMVA’ note in my VW info file recently from when I was getting ready to start my early ’55 project a few years back. I got curious and made my way here which wasn’t the easiest thing to do given the rather crappy Google methodology of finding and searching the old newsgroups nowadays. My project went on hiatus after taking my car to a shop to be worked on that stole my OG fenders and decklid, went out of business, and I had to retrieve the remains. I retired around then, moved, and other parts of life intruded as well. I didn’t post much when I was here, it was mainly a way of educating myself about various aspects of AC VW’s. John Henry was here and I bought a set of his early ’55 taillight brackets. I note the passing of Bob Hoover which has been quite a while now. The Samba picked up speed and I guess ramva fell by the wayside. My ’55 project is now back on the list of things to do. The rust free body and pan are still with me. A set of very nice (expensive) new front and rear fenders from the ‘funky green panel’ people have been added. I was always determined to finish the car. Anyway, cheers to everyone still out there. -mike-