Paul, That sounds like absolute heaven to me! Up here in Minnesota, the
cars rust away so quickly I don't think I could ever find anything like
that! Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.....we all return to the matter from
whence we were created. Especially in Minnesota!
Curtis Carlson
'66 Austin Healey Sprite MkIII ("Gerty")
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----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Dolloff <pauld@ekpc.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 4:44 AM
Subject: Charlotte weekend
> List,
>
> Since Peter didn't check his list e-mail, I want everyone to know
> that his bugeye took first place at the huge car show this past
> weekend at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
>
> I want to tell you guys where we found our latest Midget. We went
> to check out a Fiat Spyder at this junk yard full of abandoned and
> police towed vehicles. While there, the owner said he had an old
> Midget out back on the top of a pile of cars.
>
> Well, we go to find it and can't. When I say piles, I mean piles.
> These piles are 5 or 6 cars tall and 5 rows deep! We go back and
> get the owner and start climbing. Under a car here, over a hood
> there, across a roof there, etc. Sure enough, way on top is this
> ragged out, wire wheeled Midget.
>
> We also found a great looking Opal GT that had slid off of the top
> and was sandwiched between two piles on its side. Also found a
> Datsun 210 (for the tranny) and a pinto (for the motor). After
> getting five cars, we decided we had taken enough.
>
> Man, what a place!
>
> Happy hunting,
> Paul
>
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> Paul A. Dolloff, Ph.D.
> Lexington, KY
> 606/744-4812 ext. 389
> '66 A/H Sprite MK III: HAN8L-55641
> '66 A/H Sprite MK III: HAN8L-59017
> '69 A/H Sprite MK IV: Parts car
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