Thread: VW rat rods? whats up?

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I'll try it one more time:

That Berg shifter handle looks vaguely familiar, 1slo3... did you happen to get it from some Olde Pharte that used to write for the VW magazines, now semi-retired and living in the Redwoods of Nor-Cal?

I guess this will pretty much be my first post on Club Hot Rod.com, so, probably, an introduction is in order-
My name is Dave, and I am a recovering VW-alchoholic (LOL hush up, 1slo3)
I used to work for both the US-based VW magazines, and have had just about every air cooled VW known to man (except the hideously expensive ones like the Hebmuller and Romestch) and sold all but my Oval Window ragtop, to finance a move and semi-retirement into a paid-off, Ocean View, home in the Redwoods of Northern CA. Before I left, I was working on a 1969 Bug, that had a 6 inch chopped top, Oval sunroof clip, suicide doors, hidden hinges, Ford wire wheels with Coker wide whites, SoCal Look front end with a Super Bell 5 inch dropped axle, Speedway hairpins, Posies super slide spring, Wilwood disc brakes, and a fire breathing 2054 cc engine with dual 44mm Weber Carbs. I didn't get to finish it before I sold the house and made the move, and having a fenderless car where 75-100 inches of rain per year didn't seem too practical at the time, so I sold it to a friend, the former bass player for ted Nugent (www.robgrangebass.com) and it narrowly escaped the fires a few weeks back, he lives right on Old Julian Hiway in Ramona, where the Witch Fire started... he had a blue plastic tarp on it, and I guess the garage got so hot the tarp melted to the body...
Anyway, I am now working on a 1926 Model T Tudor (hence the screen name) on a TCI Model A chassis, that has a Chevy 4.3 V-6, TH350, Maverick V-8 rear end, Tru-Spoke wire wheels, and whatever else I can scrounge up...