New Guy from Texas

[TexasDeuce]

Not exactly new here....I've been lurking since December of '06. Mainly because I am a person of a few words and I have been learning from everyone here on the Forum.

I found this site through the HAMB. I have been into old cars/Hot Rods most of my life and just recently got into Volkswagens. I work out of a one car garage because we live in a town house but I make the best of what I have.

My current projects are a 1950 F-1 Wheelchair Accessible Panel Hot Rod for my 18 y/o son and a 1966 VW Beetle for me. Other smaller recent projects include 2 vintage fire extinguishers [a copper canister type and an aluminum tank].

The Shop fan write up by Ryan got me thinking about getting an old fan for the shop and I just bought two old fans for the garage. A 1950s Tripl-Aire and a 1930s Arctic fan. I'll post up pics as I work on restoring them.

 

[Scout Driver]

Welcome to the Garage Journal. Any pics of the VW projects??

Scott

 

[murph3204]

Hello from Houston!

 

[David79z28]

Hello from NE Texas.

Sounds like a cool project for your son!!!

Any pictures??

 

[930dreamer]

Hello from Amarillo, TX.

 

[TexasDeuce]

Thanks for the warm welcome. Here are a few pics of our projects. The bug is in the body shop right now and will hopefully be done at the end of this month. The F-1 is taking a little longer because the rear floor has to be modified to accommodate my son's wheelchair.

 

[Scout Driver]

Thank you for replying with the pics.

Very cool projects. The Bug's stance looks just right. Keep us posted with more pics!

Scott

 

[CoyoteLL]

Greetings from a drought infested land...

 

[Duker]

Another Hello from hot and for a change not so humid Houston.

 

[Falcon67]

Howdy from crispy-fried west Texas.

 

[Wingnut65]

And a Florida VW Welcome. Nice work on your wheels. I've got a 65 split bus in my shop now.