Took my pregnant, water broke wife (first one) to the hospital at 3 am in a 1966 VW1300. Strangely, I have no memory of the journey, only the setting off and the arriving. Weird. Fred.
On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 5:54 PM Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > When we moved here in February of 1982, we were a single car family: a > 1977 Malibu. I started working instantly (2300hrs to 0700hrs shift at a > Circle K). As I searched for a better gig, Mrs. Bob nailed down a job as a > hostess at a Bob’s Big Boy. Suddenly, we needed two vehicles. I bought a > ‘68 Beetle (Blanche…the only car I ever named) that needed a fender > replaced. $175 and I had a fender in my shed. Started driving Blanche ilate > at night then early in the morning so it wasn’t too bad. > After being robbed almost every other at the Circle K, I began working at > the City of Phoenix Wastewater Treatment Plant. I was able to drive on dirt > roads among the irrigated fields to and from the plant so Blanche didn’t > mind that she was air cooled. I very seldom drove her in town in the > summer. > Blanche served me well until a stop sign runner clipped me, spun out, and > landed shiny side down in a flowing irrigation canal. Dude got out, wife > was stuck in the car. I helped him get her ginormous carcass out of the > submerged car, they stood there and stared at me, then ran (or waddled) > off. I pulled/beat the left front fender back into a shape that I could > limp home and I did. > I parted was with Blanche, for $275, and got my ‘62 Falcon. I was pimpin’ > > AZBob > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jun 20, 2024, at 2:08 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I keep seeing a guy drive by my house every day in a classic orange > Beetle convertible, likely a 1969 or 1968 from the looks of it. Beautiful > car, makes that lovely “ping-ping-ping” sound when it’s timed just right. > > > > Someone down the street had a Beetle for sale recently. It was a little > beat, but appeared solid. Can’t imagine driving one in the winters around > here, other than for the traction. Certainly not for the heat… > > > > -D > > > >> On Jun 20, 2024, at 1:13 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> Quite a fetching combination... > >> > >> I don't consider the ask too bad considering its 51 years old. Price a > 1973 VW Beetle or, more excitingly a 1973 VW Thing. > >> > >> > >> -Curt > >> > >> On Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 01:14:51 PM EDT, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > https://lasvegas.craigslist.org/cto/d/las-vegas-1973-mercedes-benz-220/7758564720.html > >> > >> I'd look at this if I was in Vegas. I don't recall ever seeing a black > one. This black surely isn't 040 is it? > >> > >> The ask is mind numbing but these are becoming scarce, so I had best > get used to it. > >> > >> AZBob > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> 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 > >> > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > -- Fred Moir Lynn MA Diesel preferred _______________________________________ 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
