Whatever happened to Shad Laws? Interesting thread with comments onthe samba...

I remember Shad Laws used to frequent RAMVA back in the day, but
haven't seen his postings in years. His name came up in a Samba
thread about LN biral cylinders, was surprised to see it appeared he'd
made a bad name for himself in a certain transaction:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/vie...asc&st art=20

It's been a long time since I'd seen him posting on here, but thought
this case sounded like a pretty raw deal.

On 1/19/2011 12:15 PM, bugnut68 wrote:
> I remember Shad Laws used to frequent RAMVA back in the day, but
> haven't seen his postings in years. His name came up in a Samba
> thread about LN biral cylinders, was surprised to see it appeared he'd
> made a bad name for himself in a certain transaction:
>
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/vie...asc&st art=20
>
> It's been a long time since I'd seen him posting on here, but thought
> this case sounded like a pretty raw deal.


I informed Shad back in August about Bob Hoover's passing. He said his
interest in cars has broadened a bit from aircooled VWs. He's living in
Paris -- yes, THAT Paris -- but I don't know who he's employed with.

-- Randall

Randall wrote:
> On 1/19/2011 12:15 PM, bugnut68 wrote:
>> I remember Shad Laws used to frequent RAMVA back in the day, but
>> haven't seen his postings in years. His name came up in a Samba
>> thread about LN biral cylinders, was surprised to see it appeared he'd
>> made a bad name for himself in a certain transaction:
>>
>> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/vie...asc&st art=20
>>
>>
>> It's been a long time since I'd seen him posting on here, but thought
>> this case sounded like a pretty raw deal.
>
>
> I informed Shad back in August about Bob Hoover's passing. He said his
> interest in cars has broadened a bit from aircooled VWs. He's living in
> Paris -- yes, THAT Paris -- but I don't know who he's employed with.
>
> -- Randall

Hmmm...... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_2CV

On Jan 19, 10:27*pm, Randall > wrote:
> On 1/19/2011 12:15 PM, bugnut68 wrote:
>
> > I remember Shad Laws used to frequent RAMVA back in the day, but
> > haven't seen his postings in years. *His name came up in a Samba
> > thread about LN biral cylinders, was surprised to see it appeared he'd
> > made a bad name for himself in a certain transaction:
>
> >http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/vie...&postdays=0&po...
>
> > It's been a long time since I'd seen him posting on here, but thought
> > this case sounded like a pretty raw deal.
>
> I informed Shad back in August about Bob Hoover's passing. He said his
> interest in cars has broadened a bit from aircooled VWs. He's living in
> Paris -- yes, THAT Paris -- but I don't know who he's employed with.
>
> -- Randall

Hmm... interesting.

On 1/20/2011 7:04 AM, Jan Andersson wrote:
>
> Hmmm...... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_2CV


Click on the triangle inside the box to hear it spoken.
http://www.forvo.com/word/citro%C3%ABn/

Submitted for your viewing pleasure. Jan, what is Erkki saying starting
at 4:41? (With those glasses and that beard he looks like a Soviet
commissar under Lenin.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaUsa...h_response_rev

Now begins the search for parts 2 & 3. ;-)

-- Randall

On Jan 20, 10:08*am, Randall > wrote:
> On 1/20/2011 7:04 AM, Jan Andersson wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hmmm......http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_2CV
>
> Click on the triangle inside the box to hear it spoken.http://www.forvo.com/word/citro%C3%ABn/
>
> Submitted for your viewing pleasure. Jan, what is Erkki saying starting
> at 4:41? (With those glasses and that beard he looks like a Soviet
> commissar under Lenin.)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaUsa...h_response_rev
>
> Now begins the search for parts 2 & 3. ;-)
>
> -- Randall

The only thing I know about the guy from the above mentioned Samba
thread is he's no longer with LN Engineering following a failed biral
cylinder design, and the buyer was out $1,000 with no product support
from what I was to gather. I never met the guy, nor did I interact
with him, all I remember is he used to post a lot here and elsewhere.

Randall wrote:
> On 1/20/2011 7:04 AM, Jan Andersson wrote:
>>
>> Hmmm...... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_2CV
>
>
> Click on the triangle inside the box to hear it spoken.
> http://www.forvo.com/word/citro%C3%ABn/
>
> Submitted for your viewing pleasure. Jan, what is Erkki saying starting
> at 4:41? (With those glasses and that beard he looks like a Soviet
> commissar under Lenin.)
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaUsa...h_response_rev
>
> Now begins the search for parts 2 & 3. ;-)
>
> -- Randall



From 4:31

The finnish 2CV Guild was founded on September 11th, 1962, under the
wings of the official Citroen importer. Today the 2CV guild is an
independent registered association with around 1200 members, and about
2000 different 2CV-based motor vehicles. You can become a member if you
own, co-own, or have the right to use a 2CV based vehicle.

The finnish 2CV guild is the oldest and probably the largest still
operational one-brand association/car club in Finland.

(Jan says: ahem, the finnish VW association has over 2500 members, and
is the largest...)

The guild is over 30 years old. The organizational structure of the
guild is based on a 16th century regulations for trade and profesional
guild organizations. The rules of the 2CV guild are likewise based on
protocols from the same era, modernized and adapted to our needs.


Blah blah blah... Do you REALLY want me to translate it all?


Jan

Jan Andersson wrote:
> Randall wrote:
>> On 1/20/2011 7:04 AM, Jan Andersson wrote:
>>>
>>> Hmmm...... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_2CV
>>
>>
>> Click on the triangle inside the box to hear it spoken.
>> http://www.forvo.com/word/citro%C3%ABn/
>>
>> Submitted for your viewing pleasure. Jan, what is Erkki saying
>> starting at 4:41? (With those glasses and that beard he looks like a
>> Soviet commissar under Lenin.)
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaUsa...h_response_rev
>>
>> Now begins the search for parts 2 & 3. ;-)
>>
>> -- Randall
>
>
>
> From 4:31
>
> The finnish 2CV Guild was founded on September 11th, 1962, under the
> wings of the official Citroen importer. Today the 2CV guild is an
> independent registered association with around 1200 members, and about
> 2000 different 2CV-based motor vehicles. You can become a member if you
> own, co-own, or have the right to use a 2CV based vehicle.
>
> The finnish 2CV guild is the oldest and probably the largest still
> operational one-brand association/car club in Finland.
>
> (Jan says: ahem, the finnish VW association has over 2500 members, and
> is the largest...)
>
> The guild is over 30 years old. The organizational structure of the
> guild is based on a 16th century regulations for trade and profesional
> guild organizations. The rules of the 2CV guild are likewise based on
> protocols from the same era, modernized and adapted to our needs.
>
>
> Blah blah blah... Do you REALLY want me to translate it all?
>
>
> Jan


I mean, he just goes on.. and on.. and on.. about the guild and how it's
structured and how they operate.

From 6:09 on, a long narration in finnish about the history of the 2CV,
something I would also rather leave for Wikipedia to cover in english