Found these two while on a parts search this morning. Both waaaaay beyond salvaging. One of them had about two inches of moss growing on the floor, and a tree starting to push up through the passenger floor. Vin #s 4742903374 and 4732917552

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thanks for posting, i'll add them to the "RIP" list ...

Andy

Hmmm they didnt look to bad?

Deano,

Is that at Services Diversified in Zearing?

-Lawrence

No, it's some guy named Randy Cimonini(sp?) Just off of 235 on 8th St. in WDM. He's got 4 or 5 911s and a 912 and these 914s. Mostly parts cars that are pretty picked over.

In pretentious West Des Moines? I'm amazed they don't have an ordinance against non-op cars.

Have you been up to Zearing at all. Ron Blattel (a 60's hippy throwback, but a air-cooled guru) runs SD up there. He spends part of his time there, and part of it in Colorado. The business has been for sale for years, and he's dragged lots of his good stuff out west. However, there are some diamonds in the rough.

He's got a 75 2.0 up there... hit in the ass end, and the drivetrain was pulled for one of his VW projects. He refuses to part it out, thinking that someone is going to buy it to restore.

But he does have a lot of cars... including a bunch of VWs, several 914s and one old beat up Mercedes (1930s? 1940s?) up there. I've been eyeing the Mercedes for years... with it's original leather interior, polished wood door panels and dash.

-Lawrence

Lawrence
No, I haven't been up there. I've been aware of him for several years, he runs a car or two in the paper every couple years.
I get up that way on business evry now and then, I'll have to check him out.

Sooo, feeling any better today?

Ron... enjoys all the natural chemicals that nature has to offer him. He's very casual and pleasant, but also shrewd... and knows the value of every part he has.

Yesterday I had mandatory fun... a formal holiday reception where attendance was not optional.

The rest of the day I just studied, and did weekly fishtank maintenance.

-Lawrence