European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Page 9 Lynn Barnhill is dwarfed by the 17 2-foot limousine which Drew stares and constant questions when he went driving in Germany with his family. Is Jim Cole limousine salvages 8-door Aero bus in disposal Yard but will sell conversation piece attention getter by Jim Colo Nastaff writer Darmstadt Germany is what s so special about owning a four door Sedan the four doors on the other Side that what. Spec. 5 Lynn Barnhill a clinical specialist with the 4th general dispensary Here owns at least temporarily an eight door Aero bus limousine. I bought it for $85 from the army at the property disposal Yard in the Redelheim v corps come support Center said barn Hill who is Selling the car to a German Friend at what he called a nifty profit i really did t want to sell it he said but my wife hated it. She did t mind driving so much but she absolutely re fused to Park another reason the 1971 limousine bus Ison its Way out of the Barnhill family is that Barnhil s wife Billee did t like the stares and constant questions the family was asked when driving around would get tired of it. I always thought it was great. One thing for sure it s a conversation piece. I always get stopped by people mostly germans who ask me if i built it myself and wanting to buy one. I have been flagged Down by i Don t know How Many people thinking i was a taxi. I be even driven along the bus and Strass routes and people just figure i belong Barnhill said the car Only had about 24,-000 Miles on it when he bought it and required Little work to get it into top running condition. It sat most of the time in the motor Pool he said. The army bought three of them in 1971 for use Over Here. I understand it was used by the 709th maps in Frankfurt to transport customs people to and from Rhein Mai Airport. But they had trouble keeping up with the keys for some reason and it sat for about nine months one time and then was just never used. The problem i had with the car was that it just had t been driven enough and 1 had to replace the seals in the Oil pan. Put in about $150 Worth of work on the car and it really runs Good Barnhill said the 17 Viz foot Long Limo which is about two feet longer than the Standard luxury Cadillac gets about 15 Miles per gallon in town. I could have shipped the car Home with1 no problem he added. I was told i would Cost me about $80 extra to ship it be cause of the extra length. But since my wife did t want it i m Selling it. My three kids really liked it Barnhill has rendered his taxi serv ices to a local German youth band in Wei Gerstadt taking the 19-member group to concert and has also hauled teen agers of his Church group downtown in the 12-Pas-Senger vehicle. It s funny. I guess people Over Here just Haven t seen this Type of vehicle at least privately owned. I be parked Down town and come out to the car with people gathered All around it. I be really had a Lotof fun with the car is air conditioned equipped with Power brakes and steering and is in quite Good shape Barnhill says. It has afew rust spots from sitting but the Guy i m Selling it to is going to paint it. It Barnhill is no stranger to army vehicle sales. They hold sales All the time he said. Once a car is five years old if any thing goes wrong with it the government Sells it. I just bought a 1970 Van for $275. I fixed it up and i m shipping it Back to the states when i leave in four months. People Over Here really Aren t aware of the deals you can get he said. I be bought about six different cars in Hana and Redelheim. I be sold the others to friends. You can really get Good deals. I the government does t sell them to americans they sell them to German junk Deal ers who pay about 50 Marks about $22 the cars used to be sold in spot bids where everyone there puts a bid on a piece of paper and the highest bidder gets the car. But not Many americans were coming so now there Are a lot More retail sales. You can buy a Good running car for anywhere from $125 to $300. Many of the cars Are in inspection condition. It s too bad More americans Don t take advantage of every car i be bought is valued at about $1,000 or More in the Blue Book. You can t beat the Price you pay especially if you Are willing to put a Little work into it Barnhill said he has enjoyed buying and fixing up the cars and reselling them often at no profit but he s going oui of just Don t have time any More. I Tell people now How to buy the cars and let them do it but his Best Effort has been with the Limo. That is such a Nice Riding car. It s a Little awkward on some of the Small streets but i Haven t had too much Trou ble. And like i said it s great for getting conversation court reporter puzzles Over quotes by Rick Maze staff writer Pitburg Germany is a court reporter at the air base Here spends his Summers playing Golf on a miniature course in his backyard and his Winters making up word puzzles dealing with quotations of famous people. Raymond j. Hansing who Hopes to publish a Puzzle Book when he retires next year said during an interview in the Law Library Here i actually Haven t been even working Cross word puzzles that said he got interested in making word puzzles when he found those printed in the stars and stripes too easy. I could do them in about eight said he started frequenting Book stores looking for difficult puzzles. I found that Only a few companies published really Good puzzles and that there were very few originators of the puzzles. I thought i could do just As Well so i started making Hansing had 10 of his puzzles published in a collection with five other creators. Hansing was the Only newcomer to the group and his puzzles were billed by the publisher As something new and i Nova creates what he Calls quotation Cros tic puzzles a mixture Between Standar crossword puzzles and acrostics. Hans ing s puzzles give a description of what the person does but conceals the identity. He Calls this series of puzzles who am i and what is my nickname example of a quotation is this Boxer Likely will be remembered As a Black prize fighter who epitomized the Pride of his race Long after his exploits in the ring Are forgotten. But sports fans will not forget the time he defended his title in the thrill in Manila against Frazier by Atko after the referee stopped the fight with one round to personality is of course Muhammad All and Hansing s nickname for hims sting Lake a another quote in which it is a bit harder to determine the personality is a West Pointer who after journeying around the world serving in various positions was the Leader of the american army expeditionary Force in the first world War. He re tired after holding the key army Job of chief of staff and was awarded a pulitzer prize for a Book he later wrote about his experiences in the War the Man was Gen. John Pershing Nick named Black rest of Hansing s puzzles Are Simi Lar but getting the answer in t in most crossword puzzles Hansing will ask his Reader to find a six letter word meaning Zombie or whatever but there is a catch the letters of All the words on ultimately finds must spell the original quote. That Means if there Are 20 a letters in the quotation the answer words will cumulatively have 20 a s in them. Actually anyone can do my puzzles. They Aren t As hard As Many Standar crossword puzzles. Mine Are More tedious than hard. They Are a lot More interesting than a straight up and Down crossword Puzzle Hansing said. Court reporter Raymond j. Hansin works on one of his quotation crossword puzzles in the Law Library at Pitburg airbase Germany. Is Rick Maze
