Let me introduce myself

[beesquad711]

Well I was looking for a place to introduce myself to everyone and this forum seemed like as good a place as any.

My name is Brandon, I'm 18 and I live in California. I was raised a VW fan by my father who was raised the same way by his father. My great uncle has had a few of his cars featured in Hot VW's some time ago so the VW blood runs through my veins.

My experince with VW's began about 3 years ago when I bought a 1971 baja from my uncle. It was a pile of garbage and I took it upon myslef to turn it into a masterpeice (=it doesn't compare to some fo the rides in here but it's not too bad for my first crack aat things). Along the way I lost motivation a few times and managed to drag the project out until now. I am a few working days away from finishing the car (I live 500 miles away from my parents right now so it's hard to find time to work on it ). It should be completed and road worthy within a week of me moving back home.

Once I finish this project I plan to start in on my next one and that is where this forum comes in. I found the German look a few weeks ago when I was reading through some old Hot VW's magazines looking for parts. I fell in love with the look and the high performance nature. I think my next project will be a German look beetle but before I get too far into it I was wondering if someone could answer a few questions:

1) I see type IV engine a ton. I'm assuming that's Porsche type IV (the 914) but I wanted to ask since VW makes a type IV as well.

2) What kind of costs am I looking at to do this up right (big engine, big suspension, big brakes, cool body mods, etc.)?

3) Is there someone who would be willing to be my "mentor" on this project? I'm just looking for someone who has done most of this stuff before that would be willing to have his (or her) brain picked on occasion.

And finally...my vision for my project. I don't know about you guys but I absolutely hate the rice-rocket revolution that has swept through high schools across the US. I have seen the term "Porshe killer" throw around but I want to make am "Acura killer". At this point I can't decide if I want to go with a more stock look or something like that Blue Bomber in the features section (I guess cost will be a limiting factor). One thing I do know is that I want something hot in the trunk with enough suspension/brake upgrades to not kill myself.

Well I guess that's all I have right now. I'm sure I'll be hearing from you soon.

Brandon