Yeah Reid!!!!
Laura G.
----- Original Message -----
From: Simmons, Reid W <reid.w.simmons@intel.com>
To: 'Ryan Smith' <shmitty99@hotmail.com>; <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 12:49 PM
Subject: RE: winter storage
>
> I never stored my Spitfire during the winter. In fact I drove it through
10
> Michigan winters with no ill affects although the light weight of the car
> made traction a little hairy at times. I have found that my cars have
> faired much, much better in northern winters than in the salt air
> environment of South Florida (or other coastal areas).
>
> Reid
> '79 Spitfire (original owner)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Smith [mailto:shmitty99@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 8:58 PM
> To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: winter storage
>
>
> I've always wondered this too. Why store them at all? Unless you've got
> some trailer queen that never sees the road except on beautiful spring
days,
>
> just drive it a little during the winter! I understand if you live in a
> place with perpetually salty roads but that's the only excuse.
>
> I took my spit home from school over a month ago and it just sat until I
got
>
> home for Thanksgiving. Went over to the shop and it fired right up.
Drove
> it for a few days and now it's sitting till I get home again for X-mas.
>
> just my 2 cents
>
> Ryan Smith
> 72 Emerald Green Spitfire
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