Jun 20-21, 2001
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Upon coming home from being out of town for the day we found
a distress call on our answering machine. Bill Brandt (president
of the MBCA Scramento Section) was traveling from Sacramento,
CA to Dallas, TX when he had some car trouble near Las Cruces,
NM. He needed help in finding a repair shop that would take care
of the 380SL he was driving. After playing some phone tag, Bill
finally got a hold of us through the kind folks at MBCA NBO.
After spending the night at our place, the next day we were able
to get the 380SL to a M-B mechanic and Bill was on his way right
after lunch (thanks for the treat, Bill).
After dropping off the car at L & R Automotive, to kill
some time, we visited the local ceramic tile outlet (Casa Mexicana)
- got a free cup of coffee and then visited with some more friends
that live nearby the repair shop. A couple of hours later we
returned to the shop and the car was ready to get back on the
road - thanks to Lloyd. (There was a great looking '37 Ford in
the shop, not sure what for, it looked pretty good, so had to
take a couple of pictures.)
Anyway, to make a long story short, Bill has been a long
standing member of the Ritter-Easley mailing list and had previous
contact with Earl Shepard, another list member, who also happens
to be a local resident. It was interesting that when we went
back to pick up the car, that Earl was at L & R, so Bill
and Earl finally got to meet face-to-face.
Certainly was an interesting 18 hours.
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