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Baha (Shawn)

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The VW community has lost a giant.
« on: May 06, 2022, 09:02:04 pm »
Jack Kessel, co-founder of SJVWC, mentor to VW owners everywhere with more than a million views of his YouTube engine rebuild series and dozens of other VW repair videos. Former owner of Kessel's VW Service and of the world famous Lil' Screamin' Zonker (I-Gas) drag car that defeated the unbeatable Empi Inch Pincher in the heyday of VW Drag racing.

   Jack was a friend to anyone who owned or just dreamed of owning a VW. We will miss you my friend.  His most valuable advice will ring in my brain every time I think about altering my VW... "Do you really think you're smarter than the team of German engineers that designed that?

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Visitation is May 21st at 12:00 PM- 2PM at
Farnelli Funeral Home 504 N Main St Willianstown NJ

At 2 PM a celebration service of Jack's life will take place
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Re: The VW community has lost a giant.
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2022, 12:09:48 pm »
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Re: The VW community has lost a giant.
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2022, 01:15:41 pm »

   Dang....  Too sad....
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Re: The VW community has lost a giant.
« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2022, 01:27:15 pm »
This is the original club business card Jack gave me at Englishtown the first time I met him. It was a new club and I was debuting my recently finished squareback. Jack really liked the car and asked if I would be interested in the club. I just thought he was a crazy old man. After a while I came to learn that he was a crazy old man that new a lot about volkswagens.
The email address on the bottom of the card was named after Black Beauty, his 64 beetle he was driving. I always gave him grief about it because it wasn't black. He said he tried experimenting with metal flake in the paint and it turned it to a dark greenish looking color.

Jack was one of the few people I would let drive my cars. He used to shift like he was still racing.
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Re: The VW community has lost a giant.
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2022, 02:59:12 pm »
 Wow!
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Re: The VW community has lost a giant.
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2022, 09:03:49 pm »
Jack was a true pioneer of the VW enthusiast. He will remembered by a lot of people. Sad to see him leave us.
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