[barryfromvictoria]

TINWOLF--- I was down for the L.A.Roadster show in June `94. I was on my way in the evening to see Don Thelen. The freeways were blocked off and people were sitting on the guard rails. This was the evening that the cops were chasing O.J. Simpson down the freeway after the murder of his wife. I finally made it to Don`s shop and he asked me what took me so long. i said the cops were chasing some black guy who murdered his white wife. he didn`t believe me at first. i ended up buying three N.O.S. forty fenders and he sent me a conv door later when he went to colorado . he had over a hundred N.O.S `40 right front fender braces but no lefts and he gave me three. he told me that he had a lot of money invested in L.A. real estate and the market took a real dive so he was in the proceess of selling what he could and moving to colorado. At that time there were more people moving out of California than in. This was a night i will never forget. this was the last time i saw don. ---Barry