On Thu, 27 Apr 1995, Will Zehring wrote:
> Fellow fiends:
>
> Well, yesterday was Old Whiteside's first trip out in a really heavy rain
> (since its restoration last fall). Those of you who live in the Great Lakes
> region will agree that we haven't had a whole heck of a lot of sunshine this
> past month. Who cares (!), I took the car in to work yesterday, a day of
> steady rain, punctuated by the occasional cloud-burst.
>
> Bear in mind here that I saved the old (Amco) top. It passes the 20 foot
> cosmetic inspection test, and the rear window is remarkably clear, but in
> fact the thing is very loosly fitted (stretched from all that high speed
> driving?). I decided to keep the top because; (1) heck, I'm going to have
> the top down most of the time anyway (duh...) so who cares how it looks, and
> (2) I was looking (in vain) to control costs. Well, it is *so* loosly
> fitting that it sags in the middle and large puddles of rain can collect.
> Yesterday evening the car started on first crank. On my hard left hand turn
> out of my parking space I got about a half a bucket's worth in the passenger
> window, on the seat, door, and carpets. What a thrill! Glad my wife wasn't
> with me.
>
> Otherwise (touch wood) the car ran fine (my now gone A had trouble even on
> days of high humidity so this all in all is still a magnificent victory). I
> even got the windshield wipers to work. They didn't do much good, but they
> did go back and forth nicely.
>
> God, I love this car.
>
> Will "April showers" Zehring
>
>
Hi Will,
It's Lex again. I've a tip for you and anyone else that cares. Buy a
bottle of RAIN-X. I know that it is expen$ive but the $tuff work$ great!!
ps I do not have any thing to gain from the sale of rain-x except that
you may see your fellow motorest better. I do not work for rain-x, or any
company that distrubits rain-x.
I do work for KODAK and would encourage everyone to take as many pictures
of thier cars as possable. Of course you should ust the best film you can
buy -- KODAK--.
LEX
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