Okay Brad..... I'll bite.... what color should the Arm on the shock be?
Wait.... How bout What color should the engine be to include Paint codes
from 3 different manufactuers... These are things I need to know.... So I
can ignore the advice and Paint it Gray....
and How did you know I owned 7 Yugo's? Huh? You been Peaking? LOL
SMILE BUD....
Keith ( I am keeping my winter Mittens just in case... Voodoo stuff like
that ya know...)
----- Original Message -----
From "Brad Fornal" <toyman at digitex.net>
To: <IfixMGs@aol.com>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 7:38 AM
Subject: Re: Ignorant car episodes....
> OK, the Social Scrutinizer here again! You folks just don't catch on do
you??!!
> This is the 3rd post about VW Bugs, HELLO!! This is the Bug EYE list!!!
Now find
> yourself a VW list and take all this Spridget banter over to the folks
that
> appreciate hearing about the reliability of their products. IF THIS
DOESN'T STOP.
>
> ........IT'S YUGO'S FOR ALL INVOLVED PARTIES!!!! And on these the rear
window
> defroster won't even work, you won't be able to keep your hands warm while
you
> push this piece of crap around the driveway.
> YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED...................
>
> anonymous
>
> IfixMGs@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Keith's VW ride reminded me of the dark green mid 50s Beetle that my
> > neighbor/coworker drove. I caught a ride home with him ONCE.... guy
drove
> > like a batouttahell and yanked back on the Ebrake yelling "Whoa Horse,
Whoa!"
> > in a cheesy impression of Yosemite Sam... Scary ride, scary guy....
> > The memory is one of the ultra vivid deja vu variety that I
witness
> > every so often when I see a 2 car garage.....
> > Now, I can see that his brake pedal is hard as a rock, way up
high,
> > and I explain maybe when we get to my house we can check out the the
brakes
> > to see if he has a frozen master cyl or just a stuck pedal..... "Oh"
says the
> > guy... he thought VW brakes were cable actuated and that pulling the
> > handbrake made it easier for the pedal to work. His dad once told him
that
> > all "OLD" cars had cable brakes....
> > We pull into my driveway at about 15 miles an hour, and he hauls up
on
> > the e-brake - and sure as hell, the handle comes off in his hand. Good
thing
> > we went through the garage door on the side that housed my brand new,
two
> > week old 71 Boss 302 Cougar Eliminator.... If he had picked door #2,
God
> > forbid, he might have damaged the only intact piece of sheet metal on a
> > totalled MGA that I was stripping. At least he had insurance.
Yeah...he had
> > insurance like he had brakes. The Cougar only needed a new rear deck
spoiler
> > - about $250 - and he was broke.
> > He offered the Beetle instead of me having to wait on a ten
dollar a
> > payday plan. I redid the brakes, tarted it up a bit, and drove it for a
> > couple years. Hit a pothole one day, and the rear of my seat went
through
> > the floor pan. There I was at 30 mph looking thru the sunroof, butt
nearly
> > dragging on the ground, and I couldn't find the brake pedal. Pulled up
on the
> > E brake and about a half second later stopped like an F-1 car.... I had
run
> > smack into the thick rubber bumper on a city bus that must have just
started
> > pulling away from a stop, because it kept on going..... I decided that
twice
> > is charmed. Glued a sheet of plywood to the pan, remounted the seat and
sold
> > that piece of....er, passed the legacy along....
> > They just don't make old cars like they used to.
> > Mark Childers
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