[T2] Oldvolkshome - Jim Thompson

[Al Brase]

Karl vonSalzen was a Mercedes mechanic.Who had a fondness for VW buses and
used one nearly every weekend to camp in the foothills and pan / dredge for
gold. (email was aufever. Get it?) He very much knew his stuff and was
generous but if you ever questioned him, LOOK OUT!  When I met him, it was
a little spooky, a bit like looking into a mirror. That happened several
times. But, well it might. Very many of us were about the same age, came
from northern European immigrants, which is perhaps one reason we were
attracted to German cars. so, we probably shared some DNA many generations
earlier.

On Sun, Aug 25, 2019 at 11:55 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.
>
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> 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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