Dennis DeLap wrote:
> AMICI - sorry to bomb the list
>
> Charly Mitchell in the Tacoma area would you contact me off list - I have an
>Austin America question for you.
> ...or anyone else who knows these Austins.
>
My ex-wife had an MG1100 (pretty much same-same), and before we were
married, that was my very first engine rebuild, in which I think I
forgot to put in the thrust washers, because, afterwards, it pumped oil
out the rear main seal every time it was clutched. :)
Much later, I worked at a Toyota dealership in Florida, the service
manager of which was an irascible fellow by the name of Bill Campbell,
who once had a BMC-VW-Porsche dealership of his own, but had eventually
lost it because he was paying more attention to his Super Vee racing
than to business. He once said that BMC had arranged a mandatory
motivational sales meeting for the Southeast region because sales
weren't going well. Professional marketing motivators were hired, and
all weekend, the assembled were pummeled with the theme, "RMA," or,
"Right Mental Attitude." Finally, weary of this, because they all knew
why sales were bad (the lousy reputation of the car in question), when
the motivator shouted at them, "what does RMA stand for?!," in unison,
they shouted back, "REPAIR MY AMERICA!"
Cheers.
--
Michael Porter
Roswell, NM
Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance....
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