Tom,
I had a friend who lived in my apartment building in NYC who rebuilt his
engine in his spare bedroom also. As well as his front end, rear axle and
numerous other parts.
Everytime I went into his apartment there was a smell of grease and oil :)
BTW, he owned an MGB and was restoring it.
Cool guy. He was the engineer in charge of running the Roosevelt Island
Tramway and used the tram repair area to store the car and pull the parts
and for some unknown reason rebuilt all the components in his apartment.
Mike
BTW, he was a good ol' southern boy.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Walter" <twalter@austin.rr.com>
To: <JCLAY510@aol.com>
Cc: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 8:51 PM
Subject: Re: #@#$!! damn !@#$@!@#!@*%$#@!!
> Jimmy,
>
> South Land Park is a NICE AREA!!! Very fine homes back in there,
> so not bad at all for $185K. My mom was born, and grew up, on
> Curtis Way!
>
> Side note, a few folks on the list remember my folks house
> (Town & Country Area). Small house with four bedrooms and
> only 1500 square feet. The garage is a good 20' x 25'. At
> one point I had about a "dozen Datsun's" stuffed into the
> back yard (south side of the house, they were not visible
> from the back yard until you walked around the corner of
> the house). Good size lot (120 x 140 ??).
>
> Alas, Mom has decided it is time to move and has relocated
> to Mill Valley. It would be neat if a roadster owner bought
> it... ;-)
>
> Always dreamed of building a 1000 sq foot machine shop back
> there... when I was growing up the Maple Tree out front was
> our "engine hoist" (only when Dad was at work, and would
> comment on tire tracks on the lawn later...) The large garage
> was not added then, as I worked under a flapping tarp in
> the dirt (boy did I hate changing clutches in the dirt!).
> Oh, the front bedroom had a nicely "oiled floor". Ahem,
> guess where I would rebuild engines. Yes, in my bedroom.
> Had a large box with an open bottom that we would place
> over the engine, with a nice table cloth over it. My mom
> found out years later.
>
> Lots of good memories.
>
> For some reason I was thinking the house was listed at $185K!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tom Walter
> Austin, TX.
>
> JCLAY510@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Sacramento is not much better 185k will get you a 2Bd 1Ba bungalow style
> > house on my street (South Land Park) with a SMALL one car detached. The
> > duplex I rent (from a friend) is only a bedroom smaller and my garage is
> > bigger and I don;t have to mow
> >
> > Jimmy in Sacramento
> > 68 3000 VG30
> > 68 1600 "soon to be promoted to daily duty"
> > 71 BMW 2002 "soon to be demoted to somebody elses"
> > 91 Landcruiser "been a while since I've driven it i.e wife vehicle
> >
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