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About Me

Hi My name is Dan but all my web freinds call me DansAm, yes Ive been called this since like childhood. Probably cuz after smokey and the bandit I was always jumping things on my bike and doing lots of yee hawing like the dukes (dukes rule man) anyway back to the show....Im an original Jersey boy relocated to Michigan. Ive been a motor head since I was like 7 or so. My first car at age 13 was a 57 vw oval window. Yes I sold it, yes Im a putz so lets move on... I then got a 68 squareback (nice car!!) then got into a 64 bug a 71 bus (love the bus...man!!) 64 manx style tub buggy So as you can see I like VW's....why? well it all started with Herbie (god Im impressionable by the media!!) anywho turns out they are really cool cars and they sound cool when the idle is set real low :) cuttitu puckita (I can listen to that all day) also I found they are great cars to work on so I got hooked.. and even own one to this day (66 bug).. Then time moved on and I got old fat and married (not in that order!!) I got into scca cone racing in an 89 trans am gta I built up and did drifting and all sorts of other stuff,,,Ice raced a 76 scirroco on a frozen lake (fun fun). I miss the scirraco. I went through a jeep faze (still have jeep flash backs man). I was into hard core off roading where a winch was a necessity and a stuck was something to look forward to... (Kool get to use the new clevis man~!!). I got into RC airplanes in 96 and am now as hooked on those as I am on cars. I got married to my wonderful wife Regina in 92 and for some reason have not been able to screw it up yet (crossing fingers and knocking on wood). I got three wonderful daughters that show absolutely no interest in anything Im interested in. They are big time into dance and cheerleading. Oh I forgot WE all like Camping so I guess we got SOMETHING in common. Love the camping.href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank">

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My Blog

How I almost died Tuesday

Well tuesday at our flying field (rc airplanes) is for training and general tom foolery. I usually go to help out, shoot the guff and generally fly and have fun on a weekday. So there I am flying and ...
Posted by on Wed, 13 May 2009 16:54:00 GMT

goings on and the latest DasnVan update.

Well life is pretty hectic and swift right now. The weather seems to get better every day YEA!!! Ally McBeetle has been humming like a sewing machine without nearly a complaint about being pushed into...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Mar 2009 06:20:00 GMT

driving a 43 year old car every day in the last days of winter.

Hi all. Been a fun week so far and I care to share. Due to my trusty vans illness (needs an enginectomy but thats another story!) Ive been drving my 66 bug every day for everything. When I replaced my...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:51:00 GMT

Small annoyance blew the motor in the ford : (

Ok when I bought the E150 super dee duper van 3 years ago it was a very nice van with an ailing motor. I got it so cheap I figured even if I put a motor in, it was still a steal. So I got it and event...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:50:00 GMT

Double dog dare winter...

Well we are at the real core of winter at this point. Kinda a turning point where sunshine again starts to invade the land. This weekend we will see 40's again!!! Its been like 15 or below FOREVER!! I...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:38:00 GMT

What the poop!! Now Autoweek?

Ya know people there are certain things in life I enjoy. Things that have been pillers in my life that I can always fall back on for enjoyment. Things like my hot tub (love the damn hot tub 2-3 times ...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:16:00 GMT

Holiday greatings, and take care of your freaking car or face the consiquences!!

Hello all and happy holidays and all that jazz. Im kinda non denominational and all that so while I enjoy all the goodwill and tinsel/lights and all that stuff Im not much of a religous dude...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:03:00 GMT

Mondo vrs single quiet exhaust

When I was like 18 I had a 64 sunroof and one of the few mods I made to it was a single quiet exh. It looked cool and sounded cool and was cheap as hell at the time. Now I got this 66 sunroof and it c...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:56:00 GMT

Goings On.

Well lots going on. I finally and grudgingly put the 66 to bed. Ill still start her up once a month or so. But winter has now oficially begun. Ive started E flying once a month and have one comming up...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:01:00 GMT

fuel system diagnosys and how the internet saves the day!!

This is stuff I sent to my car club The GoodVolks Michigan http://thegoodvolks.com/ ..TR> ..TR> TheGoodVolks Michigan..TABLE> When I bought my 66 it had an electric fuel pump hooked up as we...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:50:00 GMT