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Edwin

"Certainly there is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted men long enough an

About Me

46 yr old Private Investigator. We specialize in helping people back on their feet. I've been in the repossession and auto finance business for over 25 years. Wife, three kids, and a Bird right now, hope to replace the horses soon.


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My Interests

Music, German cars (Porsche & Mercedes Benz), Camping and Vintage Travel Trailers (Airstream, Avion, Spartan), Horses, History (Civil War and WWII),Trucks (REAL ones, American Diesels and 4x4's), stereo equipment (Klipsch Corner Horns), Photography (previously darkroom & now digital, mostly B&W), Web Page design, previously a runner (hope to get back in that mode soon), Auto Racing, College Football(UT) and Basketball (UNC).

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Heroes:

John Wayne, Wally Byam (Airstream), Paul Klipsch (Klipschorns), Ferry Posche, Steve McQueen, Ronald Reagan

My Blog

Memoirs of a Repo Man Part 14

Stuff in Repossessed Cars   If any of you saw the movie REPO MAN the guy tells Bud that almost all the repossessed cars have a Christmas Tree air freshener in them. He's right. However, here is a...
Posted by Edwin on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 08:11:00 PST

NASCAR!

NASCAR   I went to my first race in 11 years this past May. It was the Spring Busch race at Charlotte. The last race I had attended was The Winston in 1996. I had pretty much sworn off racin', b...
Posted by Edwin on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 05:51:00 PST

Memoirs of a Repo Man  Part 13

Insurance Claims and Rottweilers   Once again, we return to the days of yesteryear and the tales of ex-partner Rick. Rick's wife kicked him out, and he headed for the NC coast after he and I cam...
Posted by Edwin on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:54:00 PST

Memoirs of a Repo Man  Part 12

The Employee of the Month and the Honda Civic   Most folks past due on their car payments make every attempt to avoid any type of contact with the bank. This is a HUGE mistake and ultimately r...
Posted by Edwin on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:14:00 PST

George Dickel, Bottle Rockets, and Country Ham Biscuits

George Dickel, Bottle Rockets, and Country Ham Biscuits         Number two in the college series is one of my all time favorites. Most of my repo experiences involv...
Posted by Edwin on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 07:43:00 PST

Memoirs of a Repo Man  Part 11

Nat Richardson   A good portion of the recovery business involves locating the debtor, much more so than the actual act of the recovery itself. Many times we may spend months or even years...
Posted by Edwin on Mon, 21 May 2007 07:22:00 PST

Memoirs of a Repo Man  Part 3

The Man Hater and The MG   This assignment came from a small bank we dealt with in Newton, NC many years ago. Folks, most of these stories are going to be from many years ago because, quite frank...
Posted by Edwin on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 07:58:00 PST

Memoirs of a Repo Man  Part 5

The Sentra Workout    Many years ago (like all these stories), one of our larger clients had a "First Time Buyer's program". We renamed it "First Time Liars"; every Tom, Dick and Harr...
Posted by Edwin on Wed, 02 May 2007 05:01:00 PST

Memoirs of a Repo Man  Part 7

The Nissan Truck and the "Portraits"   As you may well imagine, in the recovery business we see all sorts of things in the personal property located in repossessed vehicles. People apparently k...
Posted by Edwin on Fri, 04 May 2007 07:38:00 PST

Memoirs of a Repo Man Part 10

Trouble, Big Trouble and BIG F***IN' TROUBLE   Another of life's lessons learned from my ex-partner Rick was the concept of varying degrees of trouble. Apparently thru his vast life experiences (...
Posted by Edwin on Thu, 17 May 2007 05:20:00 PST