Good Sense!?
Nothing has less to do with "Good Sense" than buying a Morgan. Drive the
thing home!
SuperDave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vandergraaf, Chuck" <vandergraaft@aecl.ca>
To: "'DeLuca, Joseph'" <Joseph.DeLuca@wl.com>
Cc: "'Morgans'" <morgans@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 8:27 PM
Subject: RE: Transporting a Morgan...
> Joe,
>
> Makes good sense. Enjoy your new acquisition!
>
> Chuck
>
> > ----------
> > From: DeLuca, Joseph[SMTP:Joseph.DeLuca@wl.com]
> > Reply To: DeLuca, Joseph
> > Sent: Saturday July 22, 2000 4:39 PM
> > To: 'Morgans'
> > Subject: RE: Transporting a Morgan...
> >
> > That's 13 back-wrenching hours. No thanks! I draw
> > the line at 8-hours. Now if it were my VW with the
> > Recaro-style seats it would be a different story.
> >
> > Besides, this is it's maiden voyage (for me) and I
> > don't want to find out all it's little peccadilloes
> > in one miserable trip. When I purchased my '62
> > 4/4 in 1985 I figured a little trip to the Poconos
> > (PA) would be a good first outing and the rear wheel
> > fell off on Route 80 at 65mph.
> >
> > This is because the fool who sold it had the car
> > up on blocks previously and had slapped the wheels
> > on with limp-wristed torque. And the fool who bought
> > it hadn't checked. I've never bought a used car since
> > without checking to see if the lug nuts were on tight.
> >
> > Nor have I accepted a car back from servicing without
> > checking to see if I can undo the lug nuts myself
> > using common roadside tools. Those danged tire shops
> > use their air-guns without bothering to use a specific
> > torque setting. They just tighten them until they
> > turn red.
> >
> > That's why I wouldn't drive the Morgan home from South
> > Carolina.
> >
> > Joe D
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Vandergraaf, Chuck [mailto:vandergraaft@aecl.ca]
> > > Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 4:53 PM
> > > To: 'DeLuca, Joseph'
> > > Cc: 'Morgans'
> > > Subject: RE: Transporting a Morgan...
> > >
> > >
> > > Joe,
> > >
> > > Congratulations! Hope you and your prospective 4/4 get
> > > together soon. As
> > > for transporting it from SC to NJ, why not drive it back? I
> > > thought that
> > > was the whole idea of owning a Morgan. Driving a Morgan on
> > > the Blue Ridge
> > > Parkway would be my idea of a "good time." Better than
> > > driving it in a
> > > rented Ford Pinto like I did back in 1973, when I had to go
> > > from Pittsburgh
> > > to Galtinburg, TN., to attend a conference.
> > >
> > > Chuck Vandergraaf
> > > '52 +4
> > > Pinawa, MB
> > >
> >
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