I once had a tow truck guy pull up on a 3 day weekend (for Nigel- it's
always on a 3 day weekend! I've come to dread them!)
Anyway this guy pulls up, 12 midnight with his 12 year old son riding shot
gun. He gets out and walks around the car, oohing and aahing and so
carefully gets it up on the flat bed (y'all do ask for a flat bed, don't
you?) And we pull away. He looks in the rear view mirror and sighs, "We've
been hauling really shitty cars all weekend, haven't we son." "Yeah,
dad-garbage!" "It's so great to look back there and see such a beautiful
car!-isn't son?" "Yeah, for sure!" They both had 'perma-grin' all the way to
my place.
As for cell phones and AAA-plus-They should have some sort of LBC special!
(I was meeting someone the other day and said-here, I'll give you my cell
phone number. The guy starts going on and on about how pretentious and L.A.
that is-untill I pointed to my car and reminded him that "I drive British."
That shut him up!)
Glad to hear you'll be up and running soon!
Laura
Vita brevis est: rapide agite, vigore strigate!
p.s.-love you're little disclaimer at the end of your email!
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Stieg <rstieg@cityofbartlett.org>
To: <spitfires-digest@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 2:35 PM
Subject: on the hook too.
>
> So I gave up trying to adjust the HS-4's and attempted to drive two miles
to
> a local foreign car mech.
> guy had "two" Porche Carrerras on his grease racks, and a 57 T-bird in the
> wings. Must know more than me. Got within 1000 yards when the thing just
> spluttered to a stop. hadta use my AAA plus get home free card (y'all ALL
> do have one, right?) to finish the trip to the shop. Bartlett cop drove
> by-I work for the City, so natch the gumshoe had to come oogle. He grinned
> and said "it's an elegant design". So I finished the line from The Gumball
> Rally Movie for him- "I wish it ran". (remember the E-type which never
left
> the garage?)
>
> Got several double takes, standing there with my cell phone in my ear,
> bonnet up and thumb up my a**. Even got a knowing look from a blonde in a
> Miata (top up of course). So after a one minute tow, got to the shop.
>
> 1st time anybody but me has turned a wrench on the thing, except the front
> end alignment.
> I figured that gas mileage with twice as many carbs would be less, but he
> found that the crankcase was full of gas-and oil had spurted outa every
> orifice. front float was not even slowing down the flow of fuel and it was
> running outa the throat of the carb by the tablespoonful when I shut the
> engine down. mech. said I was lucky I didnt blow the front of the car
into
> the next town.
>
> gave him a box of Su-2 parts to cannibilze the screws from and beat a
hasty
> retreat.
> he says it should be running, tomorrow.
>
> rick stieg
> 75 spit
>
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