At 05:03 PM 1/20/99 -0500, Chris Richards wrote:
>.......filling the brake and clutch, pumping them up.....works ok.....prime
>the carb.......wow, the battary has a charge....cranking the
>engine.....immediate firing.....die.....another
>prime......rummmn....rummn...sounds ok....oil pressure fine.....hmmm what's
>this....why does the valve covers say C arr l Shel y??!!? Re-pump up the
>brakes.....off I go....good power....a little hesitation under extreme
>acceleration..........I think I'll offer him $1400........he
>accepts......(seems to hate the car).........strange Vin#.....oh
>rats.....another damn S. African Tiger.....
>
>Chris in Trinidad
>
As Maxwell Smart used to say: "Missed it by that much!"
Robert L. Palmer
Dept. of AMES, Univ. of Calif., San Diego
rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu
rpalmer@cts.com
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