Are these primo cars because if so I don’t think any of the cheap bastards on this list will be interested.
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 25, 2021, at 12:33 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > About a half a mile up Villa Nueva away from my house, there’s a mid century > slump block rancher with an inordinately large garage and a large, enclosed > carport that you access from the backyard off the golf course. In true > neighborhood creeper fashion, I’ve known (since about 1990) that this garage > and the carport are filled with all types of MBs. > I always was on the lookout for a time to strike up a conversation with the > fellow, but he is elusive; he is either cloistered in his home out of the > heat or he is in Deutschland. > Last spring, I noticed him out feebly trimming a palm tree and I wanted to > stop but I was on my way to a call-out night shift at the old nuke plant. > Figures. > On my way home the next morning I left him a note attached to his front door > introducing myself as a fellow MB enthusiast and a neighbor eager to help him > with home maintenance. > He called me later that afternoon and we talked for about a half an hour and > he told me the that next day they were leaving for Germany for the summer. He > said that he has a man that watches his house but he appreciate the offer and > said that we would meet up once he returned in the fall. > Two days ago I noticed his pristine 500 SL parked in the driveway, so I knew > he had returned. > Yesterday when I was driving by I saw that his garage door was up. As I > looked over, I saw him pouring something into the fuel tank of his black 61 > 280 SE Coupe. > We talked for an hour. I saw his garage stable (560 SEL, 500SL, ML350, 280 SE > Coupe, RR Silver Spur) but didn’t see the carport. He says he may be thinning > the herd a bit (he just sold his W126 coupe and his ‘60 190 SL). I called > dibs on the rest for us. > > AZBob > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
