Those kiddies like your car b/c you rub it with a diaper <G>. I think it concerns the fanbois that the other name for the General Li is "The Punisher".
>________________________________ > From: Charlie Russo <[email protected]> >To: Volkswagen a2 16v discussion list <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 6:14 PM >Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Need a Smaller GTI 16V? > >Both the Fujimi and GTI Cup models were not widely available when I got them >in the early to mid 1990s because they had been discontinued. > >The Schbak diecasts like the one in my photo were sold through VW Dealers >IIRC. I also have the A2 Jetta Schbak diecast models as well. > >Funny you mentioned the VW Kiddies giving you grief about "hurting your >baby". For many years some of those kiddies were constantly telling me to >modify the hell out of my GTI 16V. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Matthew Yip >Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 3:15 PM >To: Volkswagen a2 16v discussion list >Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Need a Smaller GTI 16V? > >The Fujimi model looks familiar. I was at my parents' house over the >weekend but didn't take an opportunity to look at the model very closely. > >I do like the GTI Cup model - I don't remember seeing that before but have >one racing contact who ran that series and another who has one of the >original cars. They were 8v cars and to say they're slow would be a bit of >an understatement since they were truly showroom stock cars at that time. > >It amuses me to think of the cars as "antique". I especially find humor in >the kiddies (VW Vortex springs to mind) who chastize me for "hurting my >baby". If I'd wanted a show car, I'd have fixed up my 19K mile >Thunderchicken but it was always more fun to create new holes and "drive it >like I stole it". > >Did VW offer models of the A2 cars to dealers? I have a "dealership" model >of my Audi V8 which isn't completely accurate but it's 1/43 scale and with >my aging eyes, it looks absolutely perfect <G>. > > > >>________________________________ >> From: Charlie Russo <[email protected]> >>To: Volkswagen a2 16v discussion list <[email protected]> >>Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 5:22 PM >>Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Need a Smaller GTI 16V? >> >>Matthew, >> >>By Chance is this the model you are talking about? >> >>http://www.gti16v.com/images/Fujimi_GTI16V.jpg >> >>The wheels, Headlight & Grill are not accurate. The rest of the model is a >>almost an EXACT match to my 1987 GT 16V minus a few small things I added. >> >>http://www.gti16v.com/images/gtiorp01.jpg >> >>Here is one that you could have built like The General Li. >> >>http://www.gti16v.com/images/Revell_Golf.jpg >> >>Here is a Diecast I have. It is a four door model which has a few things >>that a stock GTI 16V never came from the factory with. >> >>http://www.gti16v.com/images/Schbak_GTI.jpg >> >>I also have the matchbox version somewhere here in the house. >> >>Speaking of my GTI 16V, earlier this month I took her to the largest >>Antique Automobile Show in the United States. >>People from around the world come to Hershey, Pennsylvania for this event. >>At the car show event, I spoke with several VW techs from back in the day. >>They told me some interesting tales about fixing the GTI 16V. Also got to >>talk with a gentleman who was an engineer for VWoA back in the day. >>He told me he had one of the original 500, GTI 16V "test mules" that VWoA >>put together back in 1985/86. >> >>I might be willing to offer my GTI 16V for the stock version of this little >>project we are discussing. Doubt there are many left like mine having 100% >>of the OEM parts and 99+% of the original parts. >> >>Charlie >> >>-----Original Message----- From: Matthew Yip >>Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 11:59 AM >>To: Volkswagen a2 16v discussion list >>Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Need a Smaller GTI 16V? >> >>Someone made a 1/24 scale model many years ago but it was a Euro model with >>small bumpers and round headlamps. It's still at my parents' house, >>unfinished because I ran out of time/patience about 20 years ago. As I >>age, hobbies such as model building suit my sedentary lifestyle BUT the >>parts are getting so damn small and fuzzy that I can't see them. >> >>Speaking of 3D printer models, I watched a show on how they work and the >>concept is incredibly cool. That'd be awesome to have a GTi 16v model >>produced in that manner, especially one in Hemi Orange with the Stars & >>Bars on the roof but I digress. >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>a2-16v-list mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list >> >> >> >_______________________________________________ >a2-16v-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > >_______________________________________________ >a2-16v-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > > _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list
