Re: [FWDLK] PHOENIX:Mid-winter's Day-DREAMING

[Ray Jones <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Great story! But what are the chances that a guy named Vedder would meet a
guy named Vecchion, at a remote location, both with the same interests???
--
Ray Jones, Jones Ridge, in the Ouachita Mtns near Mena, Western Arkansas

> From: LOU VECCHIONI <lou@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: lou@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 02:48:04 -0500
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] PHOENIX:Mid-winter's Day-DREAMING
>
> Imagine my surpise...I walked out of the junkyard at Hidden Valley Auto
> Parts
> in Maricopa, AZ, after spending all day walking around and pulling parts,
> and
> right there int he parking lot was this really  attractive white '61
> Imperial, with
> three guys standing around talking.
>
> So, I mosied on over with my camera and moved in on the
> converation....halfway
> thru it, one of the guys introduced himself as NEIL VEDDER!   hehe..small
> world,
> eh?   It was nice to meetcha, Neil!
>
> Regards,
> Lou "my feet still hurt and I am sunburned" Vecchioni
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: eastern sierra Adj Services <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: 1/25/2004 8:39:04 PM
>> Subject: [FWDLK] PHOENIX:Mid-winter's Day-DREAMING
>>
>> I'm HARDLY the first one who's visited Phoenix, in the winter, for the
>> Barrett Jackson auction-festivities (happened to meet-up with
>> MoParite/Listite
>> Lou Vecchiani--guardian of Rose, the 59 Coro
>> D500) this weekend, BUT....
>>
>> if yer teeth are chattering and yer feet are itching  [try Anbesol and
>> Desinex] , I suggest
>> you and/or a friend book a flight to Phoenix, and reserve a 'car' @
>> Dollar, @ the airport, and a room or 2 (depending upon yer frienship),
>> @ either the Sweetwater Ave (closer  to the 'action') or the Camelback
>> Rd (swankier locale)
>> Motel 6 , and go visit The 'northwest'  Desert Valley old-car (ask them
>> about their new/secret
>> second location), and the 'southwest'  Hidden Valley old-car  wrecking
>> yards (pack a lunch!)
>>
>> When was the last time you saw (eg:) 6-7 "well-optioned" , intact,
>> 57-58 Dodges together?  Hidden Valley's got @ least 1 61 DeSoto
>> [personally, I know of an intact "desert"
>> 60 DeSoto 4-dr sedan, but the salvage yard will want to sell the entire
>> car].
>>
>> Good news: no poison ivy/oak/sumac; bad news: BYO sun block &
>> anti-venin.
>>
>> Also, in the vicinity of the Sweetwater Motel 6
>> is Malefors International, and Bo may like to show you around his FWDLK
>> resto digs--and, for a touch of 'humour', you can visit Memory Lane. I
>> dunno if 57 Heaven is still "there" (1 car of each MODEL, in year-1957).
>>
>> If you visit next year, @ this time, there (used to be, @ any rate) a
>> "Scottsdale" auction, that was the week before B-J auction, but this
>> year, there was a (true) classic-car high-dollar 1-day
>> auction on Friday, @ the Biltmore Hotel.
>>
>> and OH YEAH, on Sat day/nite there's a HUGE
>> "park-in" car-show (w/the smart-cars being prominently-parked  the
>> night-before!) @ the east-side "Pavillions Mall", on Indian Bend Rd.
>>
>> I understand that the car-guys congregate @ this 'spot' each Sat (across
>> from the "5-n-Diner"); but that the "really-big-shoe" occurs in honor of
>> the B-J festivities).
>>
>> There also is an Ed Debevics (50's insanity-meets Rocky Horror)
>> restaurant, relatively close to Malefors' place, AND, in that
>> (varicous) vein, the town even features its own : "Freeway-to-Nowhere" ,
>> the highway engineers (finally!!!) completed a 'loop' system, all the
>> way around the city  [ just don't try to get anywhere INSIDE the place,
>> quickly! ] , so that you can take a late nite 'high-speed'  cruize, and
>> not worry about getting lost!
>>
>> btw, this is all TRUE.
>>
>> Neil V.
>>
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