In a message dated 4/25/2003 11:55:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
ralittle2@mindspring.com writes:
> Without doing a ground-up restoration, how many years will it take to
> figure out all the screw-ups the DPO's have instilled on your car?
...which only gets me to thinking, what if you're the ONLY owner (or, more
accurately, the son of the original owner)?
1. Does that make one a DOO? :-)
2. Is one given credit for the well-meaning but not totally sympathetic local
gas station mechanics who did their best to help out, all the while swearing
about "these da*n little furrin' cars" and how there was no room to work on
them? (Apparently, the swing-up front end of a Herald didn't impress them
when they bashed their knuckles trying to remove a generator or starter or
fuel pump.)
3. Is one relieved of (some) blame for the fact that, while a junior in high
school, one and one's best friend did a very careful body repair, prep and
repainting, removing all possible trim and such, but managed to have a
mayonnaise-size jar of assorted nuts, washers and other bits left over once
the car was painted and back together?
4. Will one be forgiven for at least some of the above if that one promises
to be very careful during an upcoming complete restoration to restore all the
little bits that were supposed to have been there originally? [ Note: "One"
still has all those bits, and many more from more careful, semi-catalogued
disassembly of various parts cars since.]
--Andy "One" Mace
*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your, er,
Triumph Herald engine with wings.
-- Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22)
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