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

[LOU VECCHIONI <lou@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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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