What - no first born child??
At this exact moment in time 10/7/99 19:13, hineline@helix.ucsd.edu made
the profound statement:
>>So let's end the sadness!
>
>>Mark, what specifically are you looking for (Year, condition, price,
>>wires or disc)? I'd bet the lot of us could find a suitable palliative
>>in short order.
>
>Well.
>
>First, I want round rear wheel arches. On both sides.
>
>Second, it has to be invisible to wives and 16-year old sons going on 17.
>That means it must never be seen in the parking lot, or on the insurance
>company bill.
>
>Third, it must be British racing green, although I have always wanted one
>in almost every other color that BMC/BL produced them in. So BRG or
>another color.
>
>Fourth. Well, this takes gathering up some courage. Ahem. I actually
>liked the look of the rubber bumper. But I want an A series engine. If
>somehow I could get a rubber bumper model with a VIN before 1974, that
>would be great (because you can't put an "older" engine in a body and
>pass smog in CA). But then it couldn't be BRG. Maybe that butterscotch
>color that they usually put in the sales brochure.
>
>Fifth, to reiterate, I want a 1275 A series engine. No Spitfire motors.
>
>Sixth, no rust and straight. I've never driven one that was straight, so
>this would be an experience!
>
>Seventh, I want to play games with aspiration. Maybe work out a Bosch CIS
>system. But it should come with stock SUs.
>
>Eighth, I am really not picky about wire or pressed steel wheels.
>
>Nineth, It would be nice if someone else had gone through the pain of a
>shock conversion other than me.
>
>Tenth, Dealer luggage rack with no corrosion that has never been used, so
>that the boot hasn't been dimpled.
>
>Eleventh, An ingenious stereo installation that is all but invisible so
>that I don't have to go through the angst of deciding whether or not to
>search endlessly for a stock radio that will never work.
>
>Twelfth, An already-installed choke-style cable attached to a small
>hammer-like device so I can smack the fuel pump without going through the
>sheet metal.
>
>Thirteenth, No fiberglass panels at all.
>
>Fourteenth, complete brake job within the past five years -- all new
>lines and rubber.
>
>Fifteenth, I want the courtesy light to be there
>
>(Duane Allman once recorded a song like this).
>
>Ideal price, $800. Though I don't have that much to spend right now.
>
>Mark Hineline
Larry Macy
78 Midget
Keep your top down and your chin up
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Administrator/Manager
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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