I now carry two essential items when I drive the Spit...a fire extinguisher
and a cell phone. I'm not kidding.
To all those types who want to make smart remarks when they see your LBC in
need; They are just displaying their envy in a vicious form.
Terry
> ----------
> From: Laura.G@141.com[SMTP:Laura.G@141.com]
> Reply To: Laura.G@141.com
> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 6:01 PM
> To: Richard Stieg; spitfires-digest@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: on the hook too.
>
>
> 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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> If
> > you read this message in error, please remit a check for $100 bucks to
> > Credit Suisse Stieg. Any one not paying for receiption of this message
> will
> > have his A-arms bent up around his elbows, by Vito the E-mail spam
> > accountant.
> >
> >
> >
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