Oh man!! True True True!!!
I've implemented a bogus $25.00 "Liars Fee" at the Bike Shop for those "It
was running fine YESTERDAY and then it just quit" customers, who obviously
haven't turned the motor over in 17 years. Specific: Gas tank won't hold
air, let alone gas due to rust holes. Wheel bearings are rusted so badly the
rims won't turn, and neither will the engine. Remains of at least 6
generations of squirrels in the empty battery box (with skeletons
intact)((No, I didn't bother to have them carbon dated, but I thought about
it!)).
And... a bogus $25.00 "Jury Rig Repair Fee" above and beyond the cost of
repair for fixing each "Jury Rig" that was obviously done more than a year
ago (When I determine that the current owner did it...) Specifics: El'
Cheapo household extension cords used to wire everything from the electric
starter to the lights. Exhaust pipe (Steel) welded to the head (Aluminum)
...And it was a B-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l Job, I assure you! My favorite: Wire
ends twisted together duct taped to the handlebars so that you could
actually untwist one and twist it to another taped next to it to select
either high or low beam headlights. Now THIS could be fun on a rainy dark
night!!! :-)
I've actually NEVER charged someone for these, but the unbelievable
stories I hear and the "Whodunnit and Why Tales" are the stuff movies are
made of! It really brings folks to life when you tell them about the
charges, though... I could write a book! :-)
I'm 42 Deve, and it's still fun!
Hey, by the way... Happy Thanksgiving all!!!
Kevin P.
'59 Apache 38/NAPCO
The NAPCO Owners Group
http://www.stovebolt.com/napco
http://www.austincycle.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Deve Krehbiel
Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 6:39 PM
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] 1950 Crossmember
Welp.... seeing how there was no takers to my original message, I determined
that the person who put the Hydramatic in my 50 also put the crossmember
from the donor 54 in as well. Its totally wrong for a standard tranny and
modifying it wouldnt be all that great an idea since measurements would be
suspect at best. I will go salvaging next week for a crossmember and the
clutch pedal assembly that is also missing. This is turning out to be quite
a project. Its been redneck engineered like I have never seen. For example
the studs on the exhaust manifold broke so some genius decided to make a
four sided metal bracket to clamp the exhaust pipe to the manifold. It was
very elaborate! I was almost impressed with their use of bailing wire to
hold the whole thing together. I mean jeeze!!... dont go out and spend $1.75
on a few new studs and replace them, lets engineer an entire rig that is
bound to fail in the first few hundred miles! Some people should not be
allowed to use bailing wire and welders. If you want a real hoot, go to a
good salvage yard with a lot of these trucks and see what people have
devised to get their trucks to run just a little farther. But to be honest,
once you get over the shock that the world is full of stupid people, it is
rather amusing and then fun to go back and fix right. Problem is, the shock
is wearing off as I get older. I am concerned over what I will do to amuse
myself once the final reality sets in! Anyone over 42 might tell me what
there is to look forward to next! Haha!
Deve Krehbiel
Hesston, Kansas
1950 3100 * 1949 3600 * 1948 4400 * 50 3100
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