Ralph Nader fell out on the highway. On his head.
Scott
64 Herald 1200 Convertible. Not that Nader would have liked it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Vaughan" <lvaughan@pldi.net>
To: "Laura Gharazeddine" <Laura.G@141.com>
Cc: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 10:51 PM
Subject: Re: Re: Spit carb part & an unrelated story
>
> I had a Corvair. It had one carb. Two carbs would have made it a Monza. I
> guess no top would have made it a Spyder. Gas was .25 a gallon. I bought
gas
> in one dollar increments. One dollar would get home from College. I had a
> problem getting back to school one time. I passed ever car going less than
> 70. After the third car I passed, it was like I ran out of gas. When I
> sputtered off to the side of the road and all the cars I had passed went
by,
> the motor perked up again. I passed all the cars again, then it was like I
> ran out of gas again. I sputtered to the side of the road and, after a
> minute or so the damn car perked up and ran fine to OKC. I had to find a
> Porche mechanic to tell me it was the float level. The motor never fell
out
> on the highway like Ralph Nader said it would.
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