Mr. Motorhead (Matt Kenney) Not a local person, but he was very helpful to me when looking for 36 or 40 HP stuff. I bought some manual choke 28 pci carbs and other stuff from him over the years. Always helpful. Didn't know he was sick and just saw this today. He died in April. Here's the samba thread.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/
Here was his website where you could get all the early goodies.
http://aircooledresearch.com