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Re: And now for something completely different!

To: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Subject: Re: And now for something completely different!
From: "John T. Blair" <jblair@exis.net>
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 22:13:48 -0400
At 11:09 AM 6/21/02 -0700, Joe Curry wrote:
>Douglas Frank wrote:
>> 
>> Joe Curry wrote:
>> 
>> >
>> > I love the Sonnett!  When I was in college, I was a mechanic for a
foreign car shop that sold both Fiats and Saabs.  No need to wonder which
one I
>> > preferred!
>> 
>> Ya know, I always wondered how anyone could work on one of those things,
>> through that little trap door of a hood (bonnet)!
>
>
>I can't speak to that since my experience is, "They never Break!"  :)
>
>Joe

I can.  The simple answer is you DON'T!  To really work on almost anything
you have to pull the hood.  Not too difficult, takes about 10 min to 
undo the bolts and everything.  Then 2 men to lift the whole front clip
off.

John



John T. Blair  WA4OHZ          email:  jblair@exis.net
Va. Beach, Va                  Phone:  (757) 495-8229

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