Life's tough sometimes and it's great to see so many people are willing to
help.
Good to see Adam is allright as well.
Hopefully everything will go right from now.
Cheers,
Hans
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Deutsch" <mgman@optonline.net>
To: <KGROWLER@aol.com>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: Deutsch's OK
> -----Original Message-----
> From: KGROWLER@aol.com <KGROWLER@aol.com>
> To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Date: Friday, January 10, 2003 8:46 PM
> Subject: Deutsch's OK
>
>
> I just got a call from David Deutsch and he asked me to post a follow-up
to
> his post about Adam. Adam is OK. His car is a little bent up ('looks like
> hell' I think David said) but is driveable. Adam found J&L Autoworks in
> Mechanicsburg, PA listed in the NAMGBR Service Recommendation List and
they
> got him set up to continue his move to San Diego.
>
> I'm sure David will followup further tomorrow when he gets back home.
>
>
> Kim Tonry
> Downers Grove, Illinois, U.S.A.
>
> Hello All,
>
> Well I thought I had posted a message on Friday morning.
>
> I had a heck of a couple of days. Jeb has already sent a message out to a
> Jag list so I'll just copy and paste:
>
> "Jaguar, King of the Road......Service!
>
> By Jeb Boyd, Owner, J&L Autoworks
>
> So.....
>
> I got this call yesterday morning at the shop.
>
> The chairman of the North American MBG Register's son was in a car
accident
> not terribly far from here and he got his car towed in to see if I could
> fix it.
>
> I told we'd take a look at it and if nothing else, he could leave it here
> 'til he got back with a trailer to collect it.
>
> He got it towed in and his Dad started down from NYC with a fresh radiator
> on the off chance that we could get it going again.
>
> Thge boy's car was a '72 MGB and Dad was coming down in his '80 MGB to
> rescue him and bring the radiator.
>
> So.....at about 1:30, the Dad calls from the highway and *HIS* MGB is now
> dead in the water!!!!!
>
> This was *NOT* their day!
>
> He managed to ascertain that the car was getting no fuel.....off I went
> with my outboard motor fuel tank in the Jag to rescue him.
>
> I got there...sure enough, no fuel!
>
> The outboard motor tank that I have has a fuel feed line with a bulb in it
> that you squeeze to prime it that I have used in many instances to rescue
> cars whose fuel delivery system has failed for whatever reason.
>
> I hooked it up and off we went to my shop.
>
> We got the '80 back and proceeded to straighten the right front fender,
> remove the twisted bumper, beat some bent parts back into shape, and
> replace the radiator.
>
> Long story short, this car, looking like it was mortally wounded, was road
> ready at about six P.M. and then we brought the '80 in to see what was up
> with it.
>
> We discovered that the tank vent line was obstructed and had basically
> sealed the tank from drawing any fuel.
>
> So I blew the garbage out of the vent line and off they both went.
>
> I got *ANOTHER" call this morning.....here the '80 MGB had inexplicably
> died again.
>
> This time we had no spark.....here it had burned through the center
> electrode on the distributor cap and I had to go retrieve him again!
>
> He had towed the car here already so I just had to go pick him up and come
> to the shop and quick fix it.
>
> Jag to the rescue again!
>
> I told him when he publishes a story in the NAMGBR newsletter, he *HAD* to
> mention that he was rescued by a reliable car....a Jaguar!
>
> Anyway....a nicer pair of fellows you couldn't have asked for and they
> somehow managed to maintain a sense of humor throughout it all.
>
> British car enthusiasts sure are good people!
>
> Jeb Boyd
> Founding Member
> Forum Moderator"
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