Great story, Bev!
Just about brings tears of joy for me about you and your granddaughters. (I have
6!) How about this for a solution? Get another Midget and restore it! You
already have a willing group of helpers!
Paul A
bcleary wrote:
> This past weekend, my two teenage granddaughters (16 and 13) visited me from
> Berkeley Springs, WV. (I live in Summerville, SC) They (and their parents)
> looked at our new Saturn VUE and said all the right stuff about it, then they
> said
> "what we really want to see is the one in the garage over there." (meaning, of
> course my 76 Midget) They had not seen the car since I restored it. So, on
> their 3rd afternoon here I got it out and started taking everyone for rides
> (the 16 year old has her license, but can't drive stick). The oldest one said
> "if I give up Christmas presents for the next 20 years, can I have the
> Midget?" The other, younger one (by the way they are both beautiful blondes
> and did they ever get the whistles and shouts and horns blowing when we went
> for rides - we are all blondes - not one of us dumb, either (lol)) said "well,
> missy, you can't have it because I want it and I am going to come down and
> help Grammie a lot the next couple of years, so she will like me best." They
> kept up running comments all the rest of their stay here and when the left
> this morning they opened up the garage for one last look.
>
> She ran really great for us, as she always does. Sassy little thing!!
>
> Bev C.
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