Congrats with you new car -Carol.
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From: Philip Hubbard <hubbard@idir.net>
To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, March 28, 1999 10:41 AM
Subject: The '73 is Home!
>The list has always been fantastic about giving me advice on car purchases,
>transport, repair.... I figure the least I can do apart from saying a
>heartfelt "thank you" is to keep everyone updated. So....
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>The newly purchased '73 Midget is home! Went out Friday night from KC to
>St. Louis, MO. Spent the night in the Holiday Inn. Picked up the U-Haul
>car transport and picked up the car to head back home.
>
>Observations:
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>Had no problem loading the car with 4 folks pushing (no engine in car yet).
> The car fit fine on the transport. I brought some washers along to space
>out the track on the wheels, but it turned out unnecessary.
>
>55mph may be slow in comparison to speeding down I-70 at 70mph, but it
>feels plenty fast when towing a Spridget with a Ford Ranger pick-up! :)
>
>The back of the truck is loaded with extras that came with the car: a spare
>engine that burns oil horribly and transmission, an extra hood, two doors,
>and an extra windshield. Plus some extra goodies.
>
>The car is definitely going to need some fairly significant body work. It
>is all straight, no kinks in rails etc., but the typical spots need
>attention. For instance, lower rear fenders are bondo, sills starting to
>rust, etc. I say this by way of warning. I'll be asking body work
>questions soon. :) But first I've got some real prep work to do just to
>see just how bad things are.
>
>Will keep the list posted as things get done on the car.
>
>Philip
>'74 Damask Midget - Arioch, Lord of Chaos and twin Damask '73 Midget
Project
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