Vasek Polak was an LA car dealer.  In the fifties he handled at one point in
time every car imported into the US.  He was a good guy.  His mechanics
worked on salary and the charges were fair and not based on hurried work
done to 'beat the book time'.  When hot new models came along in the car
lines he handled.  You called him, he put your name on a list [no payment
required] and when your name came up you got the car at list price, no
packing, no 'mandatory options' of any kind.

He went to Germany a year or so ago and picked up a hot new Porsche.  He
died in a single car accident somewhere north of 160 mph.  He was in his mid
80's.

A good guy.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: David Utley <DIUTLEY@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 7:10 PM
Subject: VW parts, anyone? Anyone? (little Vanagon content)

> Greetings All!
>     I've been needing to post this for some time.  A friend and I are
trying
> to broker a substantial list of OE parts that came from a dealer that
closed.
>  I have a few details, like that the parts came from a dealer ship named
> Vasek Polak or something close, VW and Porsche.  Apparently the fella
died,
> and someone bought the Porsche dealership and left the VWs behind.  Anyone
> that can offer me or the list details on what happened to this dealership,
> please post what you know.
>      This list is quite long, 64 pages.  The average page has over 50 part
> numbers on it, with the typical short and sweet one word description.  :-(
> Any takers will probably have to have some means of crunching these
numbers
> to actually figure out their applications.  Any interested parties need
only
> to p-mail me with their address, and I will send you a copy of this list.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David Utley