[T2] Oldvolkshome - Jim Thompson

[LaRell Steele]

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On Sun, Aug 25, 2019 at 10:56 PM Andy McKinley <airhedz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Karl! He once gave me a hard time because I used pan head screws instead of
> hex heads to hold my front bumper to the brackets. What a guy!
> Andy McKinley
> airhedz at gmail.com
>
> Love your country, but never trust its government.
> -- Robert A. Heinlein.
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 25, 2019 at 9:04 PM Al Brase <alribee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I read countless postings from Jim on Type2.com and Vanagon.com. He was a
> > prince of a guy.
> > In 2005, I went to Jerome Jamboree.  Spent some time talking to Jim
> > Thompson. Also, Jerry Jess, Rob Laffoon from Omaha (Who also happened to
> be
> > my brother's mailman, if I remember correctly.)
> > and then, my all time favorite grumpy VW expert, Karl Von Salzen.
> > If there's a VW Bus heaven, these guys are in it!
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 25, 2019 at 6:24 PM Jim Arnott <jrasite at eoni.com> wrote:
> >
> > > For a few years (like maybe ten?) there have been well hidden sites on
> > > WetWesties.org. Last night, one of our resident website experts (BG)
> > > resurrected another lost site.
> > >
> > > As many of you know, Jim Thompson had a website, oldvolkshome.com
> with a
> > > fairly unique gathering of information. When Jim passed away last year,
> > his
> > > site stayed up for a while but as often happens, eventually the fees
> > aren’t
> > > paid and our community loses another resource.
> > >
> > > As of yesterday evening, oldvolkshome lives again. Some of the links
> were
> > > broken and they have been modified to point to the waybackmachine
> > archive.
> > >
> > > So, on your Sunday afternoon, raise a glass to Jim Thompson to thank
> him
> > > for gathering this stuff for us. His site lives again!
> > >
> > > https://oldvolkshome.wetwesties.org
> > >
> > > and Joe Clark’s Tents page still lives as well.
> > >
> > > https://tents.wetwesties.org
> > >
> > > Jim Arnott
> > > WetWesties
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