I met Tim LaFrance a few years ago.
https://www.texasguntalk.com/threads/met-tim-lafrance-over-the-weekend.73127/
He’s a great guy. Was a good friend of my brother’s. Whenever I would come to San Diego we all would met Tim at his favorite pizza joint and then go hang out at his shop. This was all through the 90s.
I was on the list for one of the first MK5s. But a LOT problems ensued that is not proper to discuss on a forum about someone else. We lost track of things.
Just talked to him a few weeks ago and things are going well for him. He is still hard core about racing.