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Svwerker
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« on: March 12, 2009, 19:38:50 pm »
I'm very sad to anounse that last monday Sven-Olof Brorsson past away.
He was a great profile and a very close friend who I will miss very much.
Thoughts are with his family.
I miss you already.
/ Sverker


If anyone had any business or similar unsolved Oskar Carlsson will take care of that. Give him a call 0046 70 6366273.
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« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2009, 19:39:57 pm »
Very Sad,

much repsect

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« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2009, 19:44:02 pm »
RIP sven  Cry

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« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2009, 19:55:26 pm »
All the best to you Sven. Happiness is a Hot VW!!

RIP  Cry
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« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2009, 20:21:41 pm »
I met SOB on last years EBI, I would never have thought such a laid back (old  Wink) guy could drive such a hot car. The way he looked he should have been driving a real vintage vw, not a disguised and abused racecar. We talked cars and engines for a while, I had fun, much respect.

Happiness is indeed a HotVW. Race in Peace Sven-Olof!
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« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2009, 20:25:38 pm »
Noooooooooooo!!! Cry I never met the guy, but I loved his stories and his car... even if it did sport a T4 engine. RIP, Sven. You will be missed.
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« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2009, 20:30:41 pm »
Sven , Kanskje du finner din vei å Valhalla.
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« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2009, 20:35:35 pm »
Real sad, RIP Sven-Olof, best wishes to his family.
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« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2009, 20:43:41 pm »
Sad news, great guy.
A swedish "ikon" in the VW scene.
My thoughts goes to his closest family,
and friends.


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« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2009, 20:46:39 pm »
That is very sad news.

I offer my sympathies to his family and friends.

Rest in peace Sven-Olof



Happiness is a hot VW!
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« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2009, 20:48:56 pm »
I cant believe this, all my love go to Mia and the boys this hard time, I will miss you Sven...
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« Reply #11 on: March 12, 2009, 20:54:11 pm »
We are deeply saddened about the news of Sven.  Our hearts are very heavy, and we are so sorry for your loss - Mia, Adrain, Benjamin, and the rest of the family.  Sven was an amazing man, and we are both so lucky to have met him, and be apart of his life.  We will keep him and his family in our hearts!  We are so glad we got a chance to meet him and spend time with him at EBI2.

Sven will be missed by so many!  Sven use to call Mark, and chat with him for hours, and after Mark died, Sven would call Mike, and talk to him for hours at a time. He called 2 weekends ago, and we chatted about the PowderPuff, and he was so excited for me and the ladies!  We will miss his kindness & his heart!

Mike said that Sven & Mark will now be together and talking about "Raw F--king Horsepower"

Rest in Peace Sven!


We Will Miss You Lots!

Mike & Susy

I would love to create/do two books for Sven's sons - Adrain & Benjamin.  If you have photos of Sven, and/or his car, please email it to me with information where the photo was taken (show or etc...), when the photos were taken & names of people in the photo.  I would really appreciate it!

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« Reply #12 on: March 12, 2009, 21:02:41 pm »
This is sad news. I was thinking to myself the other day that I had not seen a post from Sven in a while. His stories were cool. R.I.P Sven
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« Reply #13 on: March 12, 2009, 21:13:15 pm »
Very, very sad.  Cry
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« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2009, 21:15:10 pm »
Unbelievable! I met Sven-Olof through Steve Beecher. I'm very sorry to hear this.
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« Reply #15 on: March 12, 2009, 21:30:05 pm »
Very sorry to hear this!  Cry

He was one of those few guys that think outside the box.
I loved his real street approach as well with the big 2,7 type 4 with type 1 cooling all made by himself. All very stealth.

RIP Sven.
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« Reply #16 on: March 12, 2009, 21:36:01 pm »
I was lucky enough to meet Sven 6 or 7 years ago when he visited the US and did a story on DKP.  Sad to hear he's gone... hard to believe.
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« Reply #17 on: March 12, 2009, 21:44:27 pm »
Quote from: Gäschen on March 12, 2009, 20:43:41 pm
Sad news, great guy.
A swedish "ikon" in the VW scene.
My thoughts goes to his closest family,
and friends.

Geir.

You said it Geir, an Icon...
A big loss for the VW community

R.I.P
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« Reply #18 on: March 12, 2009, 21:50:58 pm »
I´m shocked! Cry
I´ve never met Cry him but I loved all his stories on this site and can´s believe he has left us.
RIP, Sven-Olof!

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« Reply #19 on: March 12, 2009, 22:13:20 pm »
I could not believe this news when I heard it earlier today, I have been thinking about it ever since. It's sad beyond words, I owe him so much, so many phone calls, mails and ideas... The man was an oracle and had a refreshing take on every big "argument" out there, always with a conclusion that made you smile.

My thoughts and prayers go to his two boys and his wife, and his close friends.
You leave a great big hole in our harts and in the cal-look community Sven-Olof!

Rest in peace Sven

I just know that the street racing in heaven will pick up now

Happiness is a hot VW!
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« Reply #20 on: March 12, 2009, 22:21:31 pm »
When I first heard about it today, I thought it could not be true.
The last time I met Sven-Olof was at EBI last summer. Good times!
Here we are with JHU listening to Mark and Paul Schley talking about their collaboration with engle in the 70´s. Thanks for the pic Fabs.
Like the Schley´s, Sven-Olof was somewhat of a legend in his own time.

Happiness is a hot VW! Rest in Peace.
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« Reply #21 on: March 12, 2009, 22:53:12 pm »
I got the news yesterday. I,m still in denyal. We talked last week and he was very uppbeat about the changes he was doing to his car. I had the privelige to drive to Bug In with Sven last year and one on one we really got to know each other. He was a joy to discuss Hot vw with,a bank of info and even if we had different opinions ,we could always agree on the subject that Happiness is a Hot vw. Since I started my VW-shop we used to talk several times a week and he was always helpfull with any info he could give. I remember on incident from driving back from Belgium,we were discussing valve float so I told him "tell me when you here them float and I geared down to third on the autobahn and floored it. When we had pushed that poor single port 1600 to 120km/h he begged me to quit, he had to be back at work on monday. We had alot of laughs. My thoughts go to his wife and sons tonight.
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« Reply #22 on: March 12, 2009, 23:16:58 pm »
It is a true loss to the VW scene.
We used to talk for hours and hours over the phone and the discussions were not just about VW's, we talked about life in general a lot as well.
He was the guy that learned me everything I needed to know when I started tuning VW's.

He was the benchmark, the guy to beat and a big reason why I continued to tune more and more.

Happiness is a hot VW, sadness is a loss of a good friend.
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« Reply #23 on: March 12, 2009, 23:20:24 pm »
Oh Man, I hate to hear that.   I met Sven several years ago at the Classic and always enjoyed his stories.  He will be missed.
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« Reply #24 on: March 12, 2009, 23:30:42 pm »
I,m to sad to find words...
Known SOB sinse -91 and I will miss him a lot!
R.I.P
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« Reply #25 on: March 12, 2009, 23:46:39 pm »
Thanks for all the kind words. I will see that every one get to the famely.

I know many of you wonder what happend but thats all I know at the moment. I will post more later.
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« Reply #26 on: March 13, 2009, 00:33:00 am »
I am sooo sad to hear about this... Sven was a great guy. I can't believe he isn't with us anymore - we talked over the phone a couple of months ago & exchanged emails last month.
I'll miss him a bunch. My thoughts go to his family.
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« Reply #27 on: March 13, 2009, 01:53:37 am »
RIP Sven, very sad.
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« Reply #28 on: March 13, 2009, 03:12:17 am »
I can't believe it. I don't want to believe it. The VW scene across the world will be a poorer place without you, Sven. Race in peace, my friend.
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« Reply #29 on: March 13, 2009, 07:18:31 am »
Raw Fucking Horspower. I never met Sven, but that is what I remember him for, his sig line.  Cry RIP Crazy, he just logged in 2 days ago. Hard to believe when someone is taken from us unexpectedly.
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