In support of Mr. John Rosen, follow up.

["Rog & Jan van Hoy" <vanhilla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here's a recap of what I've learned about Johnny Rotten so
far:

[1]    He's bitter.  Maybe he became bitter after people
ripped him off, or maybe he was always bitter and ripped
others off.

[2]  Some people have had excellent results with him,
others...not.

[3]  There are some juicy "urban legends" about him.

Myself, I've had a shotgun waived at me several times
looking for old car parts, and lost count of the number of
good and bad interchanges buying and occasionally selling
parts.  Overall, in my opinion most car people are [a] a bit
weird and [b] the nicest people you'd ever meet.

Keep in mind that to have a stock of old crates one must
have had the vision to have bought them when no one else
wanted them, to hang onto them in the face of angry
neighbors, local zoning ordinances, environmental
requirements, etc.

I'm not loaded with money, but I don't expect people to give
me old parts or cars for nothing, though that has happened.
If you keep in mind that restoring cars is fun, it will be.

If you have to deal with John Rosen, good luck.  At least
with this spirited [and continuing] interchange, you will
know what to expect.

As my wife says, "end of sermon."

--Roger van Hoy, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '42 DeSoto, '66
Plymouth, '81 Imperial, Washougal, WA