[T2] Oldvolkshome - Jim Thompson

[Jim Arnott]

In my first iteration of the announcement I mentioned Karl.  I deleted it before I sent.  It makes my heart glad that this conversation evokes memories of Karl. I was in Coos Bay a few months before he passed. It bothers me still that we didn’t connect.

Al. Thanks for remembering.

Jim

> On Aug 26, 2019, at 1:43 AM, Al Brase <alribee at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> 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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