[MBZ] He Has the Passport for this Car
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
Re: [MBZ] He Has the Passport for this Car
That’s sweet. Needs pics of the engine compartment and trunk with the rubber mat lifted up to check for corrosion. I don’t know these that well, but comparing to something like a finnie in comparable condition, I don’t think his ask is too outrageous. I think $7500 would be a solid price, but if that’s original miles, certainly more. I wonder if it has AC? Does your “No black cars” mandate apply here? -D > On Jun 20, 2024, at 10:14 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes > 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
Re: [MBZ] He Has the Passport for this Car
Looks nice --FT Sent from iFōn > On Jun 20, 2024, at 1:14 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes > 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
Re: [MBZ] He Has the Passport for this Car
I'd be willing to invoke a special dispensation on the no black car rule on this since it would not be a daily driver. It's probably a good thing it is up in Lost Wages. AZBob From: Mercedes on behalf of dan penoff.com via Mercedes Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2024 10:18 AM To: Okie Benz Cc: dan penoff.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] He Has the Passport for this Car That’s sweet. Needs pics of the engine compartment and trunk with the rubber mat lifted up to check for corrosion. I don’t know these that well, but comparing to something like a finnie in comparable condition, I don’t think his ask is too outrageous. I think $7500 would be a solid price, but if that’s original miles, certainly more. I wonder if it has AC? Does your “No black cars” mandate apply here? -D > On Jun 20, 2024, at 10:14 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes > 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
Re: [MBZ] He Has the Passport for this Car
If it had AC would it be a dealer add-on under-dash unit? I don't see that but the photos don't really give a clear view. Or were they integrating AC by 1973? I normally like black cars but I don't care for the black with the blood red interior. Looks like Count Dracula's coffin. On Thu, Jun 20, 2024, at 13:18, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > That’s sweet. Needs pics of the engine compartment and trunk with the > rubber mat lifted up to check for corrosion. I don’t know these that > well, but comparing to something like a finnie in comparable condition, > I don’t think his ask is too outrageous. I think $7500 would be a solid > price, but if that’s original miles, certainly more. I wonder if it has > AC? > > Does your “No black cars” mandate apply here? > > -D > >> On Jun 20, 2024, at 10:14 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes >> 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
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W114/115 had factory air. -D > On Jun 20, 2024, at 10:58 AM, Allan Streib wrote: > > If it had AC would it be a dealer add-on under-dash unit? I don't see that > but the photos don't really give a clear view. Or were they integrating AC by > 1973? > > I normally like black cars but I don't care for the black with the blood red > interior. Looks like Count Dracula's coffin. > > >> On Thu, Jun 20, 2024, at 13:18, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: >> That’s sweet. Needs pics of the engine compartment and trunk with the >> rubber mat lifted up to check for corrosion. I don’t know these that >> well, but comparing to something like a finnie in comparable condition, >> I don’t think his ask is too outrageous. I think $7500 would be a solid >> price, but if that’s original miles, certainly more. I wonder if it has >> AC? >> >> Does your “No black cars” mandate apply here? >> >> -D >> On Jun 20, 2024, at 10:14 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes 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
Re: [MBZ] He Has the Passport for this Car
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 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
Re: [MBZ] He Has the Passport for this Car
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 > 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 > 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
Re: [MBZ] He Has the Passport for this Car
My first car was a Beetle. Bought it at age 16, probably overpaid but I loved them at the time. I really liked the simplicity of it, but yeah, heat was very minimal. Enough to keep the frost off the windshield if everything was working perfectly, otherwise you kept a scraper handy. On Thu, Jun 20, 2024, at 17:08, dan penoff.com via Mercedes 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 >> 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 >> 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
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Requirement in my family that your first car had to be a Beetle. Unfortunately (?) for me, there weren’t any decent ones around when the time came and my Dad got a nice deal on a 1970 2-door Maverick that was a total stripper. “Three on the tree,” heater and AM radio, which of course I dealt with immediately with my removable slide mount Radio Shack under dash cassette player, an amp and some surface mount speakers for the parcel shelf. I totaled it about 6 months later and got a Beetle convertible. -D > On Jun 20, 2024, at 2:36 PM, Allan Streib wrote: > > My first car was a Beetle. Bought it at age 16, probably overpaid but I loved > them at the time. I really liked the simplicity of it, but yeah, heat was > very minimal. Enough to keep the frost off the windshield if everything was > working perfectly, otherwise you kept a scraper handy. > > > On Thu, Jun 20, 2024, at 17:08, dan penoff.com via Mercedes 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 >>> 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 >>> 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
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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 > 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 >> 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 >> 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
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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 > 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
