In 2018 I was traveling through Paso Robles on a year long road trip. I had a breakdown and found him with a google search. Matt opened his home to me and helped get me back on the road. I did an interview with him before I left. He was a kind and friendly man. Always ready to help his vw people. 

Like many of us I met Matt looking for a vw part. But immediately turned into a friend. Only got to now him for 6 years but a good 6 it was. We ended up going to shows together hanging out in back checking out his newest project. Good times. I met Rusty Randy through him(also another good friend because of Matt) He was a very down to earth man and a knowledgeable person. You will be missed! And miss you correcting me on vw knowledge ( because I'm such a rookie in the vw world. 

I also met Matt when he had his shop down on Thirteenth street when I first moved to Paso in 1997. I had him do some wiring on my 64 black Karmann ghia. After selling a few VW’s and acquired a Bus, he was always reliable with help and parts. He assisted in making my son into being a patient mechanic. We shared stories of our youth and he was always there to lend a person an ear.
Paso will not be the same without you Matt.
Love you, John, Jodi, and Kyler Burdick

I met Matthew when he had his Volkswagen shop on 16th & Spring in Paso Robles. I was a 16 year old Volkswagen  enthusiast who had a brush with the law for chopping a car. He let me serve my community service hours in the back of his shop taking VW bug engines apart and keeping the good parts so he could build engines for other cars. Most of the engines he built from the salvaged parts went into promotional cars he was building for "Mug Rootbeer". Matt had agreed to build 10 or more Mug Bugs for the beverage company.  As a young man, I looked up to Matt and his mechanical ability.  He knew how to build engines that would last.  In addition,  he recently built an 1835 for me that went into a sandrail. I stopped by his house  in February 2020 to show him a pro street nova that I finished.  He said he'd like to see the car run on the salt flats. That was the last time I saw him. I have many good memories of working for free in the belly of his shop that hot summer of '92. I will miss Matt very much. My best wishes go out to his widow Diana. 

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1 diciembre, 1956 – 24 abril, 2020

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