I knew there was an answer. Forward progress on the Sprite slowed
considerably just after I bought my truck (white F150 w/camper shell no
less). It's all the trucks fault, and here I thought I was just lazy.
Does this mean I have to sell my truck, cause I know I'm not giving up
my Sprite! Maybe I'll go buy one of those Toyota Tundras and see how
much over MSRP I can pay.
Bill Hunt
64 MK II - Herbytoy (living in fear)
90 F-150 - (Big Bully)
-----Original Message-----
From: KGROWLER@aol.com [mailto:KGROWLER@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 6:44 AM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: White F150s and Spridgets
Sorry, I've lost track of who wrote:
>> Oh - BTW, when you get it finished and start driving
it around... Don't
ever
>> park behind a Ford F150, especially if it's white.
This gives me scary flashbacks! A couple years back I
was over at Bill
Hedrick's house. Bill is my Bomber Brothers endurance
rally partner and owns
the '71 Midget we have thrown all over roads, sandpits
and Great Lakes
ferries across the Midwest. I had driven the Growler, my
'79 Midget, and
parked it in his drive - behind his white F150. We were
standing on his porch
chatting and didn't really pay attention when the truck
started up. The thud
when it backed into my Midget however did get our
attention. Examining the
car, this was one instance when I was EXTREMELY grateful
for rubber bumpers -
no damage at all to the car despite the rather radical
difference in bumper
heights. Just to the ego of Bill's extremely embarrassed
17 year-old daughter.
So maybe it wasn't her fault. This all seems to point to
some supernatural
emnity between spridgets and white Fords! Maybe the
truck did it. Perhaps
this explains the '69 Midget we were trailering with
Bill's pickup that we
dropped off the front of the trailer despite us being
very sure it was
properly secured. It was trying to attack the pickup. Ah
ha...
Kim Tonry
Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
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