Can anyone on the list help Ken out with this? Ken didn't specify whether
he needed Neil Freman or Gary Goers, but I'll assume it's Neil since Gary is
a member of this list. Prior to this trip I had never dealt with Neil
Freman before, so I don't have his phone or email address.
Mark mjh
-----Original Message-----
From: Rimington, Ken <Ken_Rimington@xxxxxxx>
To: 'MARK J HASH' <mjh@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, May 08, 2000 12:28 PM
Subject: RE: [FWDLK] vacation trip
>I need parts for my 56 Dodge. If Montana can help, what is his Phone
>/E-mail? Thanks.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: MARK J HASH [mailto:mjh@xxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2000 11:25 PM
>To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [FWDLK] vacation trip
>
>
>Hello all,
>Sorry to those folks I promised photos from Spring Fling, but I didn't use
>up all the roll of film, and three days after returning home from
California
>I took off for my two week vacation to Montana. . .
>
>While in Montana, there were naturally a couple of stops I just HAD to
make,
>and you know what I mean, even though all my relatives still think I'm
crazy
>to go on vacation to see JUNKYARDS!! Since my dad grew up in Butte, and
>Whitehall is just across the Continental Divide, I had to go meet Neil
>Freman, since I've heard so much about him.
>
>I don't know what stories everyone has heard, but he has cars I never
>dreamed I'd see in wrecking yards: can you say not one, but TWO 300-C
>Convertibles????? Yes, you did not read that wrong, although one was
>unrecognizable (they had to point it out to me), I did discover the other
>one for myself. You could still see the dual rear antenna bases and
>instrument pods, but not much else salvageable. I lost track of the
number
>of '50s and early 60's letter cars I saw. Probably around 20. Of course
>lesser Chryslers were tossed around the yard like pennies in a change jar.
>He has two '57 Adventurers, and one each of '56, '57, and '58 Fury. One
>interesting thing about all these rare cars, though, was that the VIN plate
>on literally ALL of them were missing. I suspect that they must have made
>their way to Minnesota, where they are now probably falsely adorning lesser
>cars to make them appear to be what they aren't???
>
>Neil was a very nice guy though, and let me wander wherever I wanted, even
>though a storm was rolling in and I got soaked. And it's not just MoPars
he
>has: almost every make had something there. He also has made a habit of
>pulling rare and valuable parts off of cars and storing them inside one of
>his buildings, and he has LOTS of parts in there, many things I thought
>couldn't even exist. . . I bought a few things and was on my way.
>
>My destination for this trip was Peerless, MT, and on the return trip home
I
>just had to go through Kalispell, MT and see if I could meet Gary Goers,
>since I've bought so much stuff from him. I thought I'd meet a little old
>man in his 80's who was just tottering along, but was quite surprised to
run
>into a 6'6" guy not much older than me, with parts orders piled everywhere!
>No wonder he's behind in his shipments, it's just him working there, doing
>everything from designing molds to packing and mailing shipments. I didn't
>help any, as we sat and chatted for an hour or so, putting him further
>behind. But even though he asked me to tell everyone how terrible he is
and
>how awful the visit was (so nobody else will visit and he can get caught up
>on his orders), Gary is very pleasant and easy to talk to. He even showed
>me the '57 Adventurer he is fixing up. I will continue to order parts from
>him, with confidence.
>
>Anyway, dinner is ready and I must go. I will try to make pictures from
>Spring Fling, and from Neil Freman's available soon, and will tell everyone
>when they are ready.
>
>Mark mjh
>
>
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