Pagoda SL Group
W113 Pagoda SL Group => General Discussion => Topic started by: stickandrudderman on July 03, 2014, 16:24:53
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I have a holiday home in Croatia, on a nice Island just off the coast near Split.
When I first discovered the area I sought out and found a local guide/ interpretor; a rally nice guy called Fabjan who just happened to have an interest in classic cars. One of them being an old 115 diesel that he would subsequently lend me whenever I was in town.
A little over a year ago he emailed with an offer of some pagoda parts that he had found; headlamps, rear lights, front grill, all good stuff that I could have for 1700 Euros. I sent him the money and he said that he would store the parts in his cellar until I needed them
I've been too busy until now to go over there but I just visited and when I called his number his son answered and gave me the very sad news that Fabjan had died of a heart attack last September, just a few days after I last spoke to him.
The point of my anger is this:
Fabjan's son told me that as soon as his father had died all manner of people turned up claiming ownership of all of the stuff gathered in Fabjan's cellar. They picked over the bones of a dead man as sure as any vulture would pick the bones of a Saharan desert animal.
I am certainly angry that all of my parts have been stolen, but I am sickened by the behaviour of a man's so-called friends who would seek to deny a poor bereaved family of what little they had left.
So, if anyone is offered any pagoda parts by anyone in that region please forward me their contact details so I can re-educate them
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Sad to hear about this.
I witnessed a similar story in West Virginia a couple of years ago. An MB enthusiast had a small business of parting older MBs and doing a few bucks on eBay. He was also keeping some cars and parts belonging to some other MB enthusiasts. One day he fell sick and got hospitalized. Prognosis was not good. Some of his "friends" went to his place and took all they could, selling it for metal at junkyards. Two Adenauers, one W109 6.3, one euro W116 350 with manual transmission, and if I remember well some 107s, pontons and 123s went for scrap together with some engines, transmissions etc. Unfortunately the guy ended up hearing about it while in hospital, a few days before passing away. Very sad.
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The lesson here is bring your stuff home as soon as you buy it. People die, it's a well know fact and you never really know a person or their friends until you have to split an inheritance with them.
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Sad story altogether, but I wouldn't mind reading about the re-education part. Remember: use a stick and don't be rude, be "rudder"...
having said that, hope you enjoy your holidays. Are you on the Losinj island?
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Stan, we have a house on the island of Solta, just off the coast from Split.