Sunday (9/27), was the day of the all-brit swap
meet at Hayward State, and so I made plans to go
early & look for a few small odds & ends.
I arrived at about 9:30am, and noticed that there
were already people toting stuff back to their cars, so
I hurriedly scanned the vendors for tell-tale Sprite
stuff. Unfortunately there were not very many, and what
there were were hawking late model stuff. And so
feeling I hadn't missed anything, I slowed down & took
another leisurely pass. And then I saw IT.
I had already once passed the converted mail truck
from LA, it's pilot resting in a lounge chair and
casually calling out prices for the various stuff he
had laid out. I had already passed him once without
seeing IT, but this time IT managed to get my attention.
"Daren, here I am", IT whined quietly. "You've been
looking for me for a long time, I'm right here". And
suddenly I saw IT, hidden behind a box of worn-out
mini parts it lay, glowing like the Holy Grail. Kinda
the same shape too. "IT" was;
a Judson blower for an A-Series motor.
I dove over it like I was rescuing a drowned child,
hovering close lest that anyone get the idea I wasn't
interested. I collected all the parts strewn about,
complete down to the tiny one-barrell Holley carb. And
then I saw the best part, the sign that said "$100 obo".
Luck would have it that TeriAnn would walk up just
as I was bartering, so now not only do I have the
blower, but the nickname "wheeler-dealer dstone". I
managed to beat him down to $80, and he even threw in
the oiler diagram as this is the one part it's missing.
All in all I'd say a Pretty Good Deal. Ha-ha Larry, I
don't won't *your* cruddy old blower now. Ha-ha,
PLLFFFBBBTTT. ;-)
Anyway, this is getting long, so I'll tie it up &
see you locals on Thursday, and request that anyone
that have any info about setting this up, please reply.
This will NOT collect dust. I figure to get about 2 city
blocks out of my existing driveline components before I
find out which one's the weak link ;-)
cheers(io)-
dstone@sc9.intel.com
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