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Re: MG Midget Ripoff

To: "Timothy H. Collins" <thcollin@mtu.edu>
Subject: Re: MG Midget Ripoff
From: "Brad Fornal" <tequila.brad@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 08:00:51 -0500
But if you are looking for Hoffa's DNA, wouldn't you look in the boot?

On 5/31/06, Timothy H. Collins <thcollin@mtu.edu> wrote:
> In keeping with the discussion of the "high costs" to fix Spridgets, Peter
> Egan's editorial in the current issue of Road & Track touches on  the
> subject. He tells of the days when he was a mechanic. He spent a week
> working on a mustard-yellow MG Midget only to have the college boy owner
> jump in and drive off without paying - never to be found again. As always a
> good read. Which one of you guys has that Midget now? Look around the
> engine bay for a little Egan DNA (skinned knuckle pieces) to claim
> ownership to a "special" car.
>
> Well, they didn't find Jimmy Hoffa (I was a Teamster when in high school.
> Pay went from $1.50 to $3.50 (union scale) when I reluctantly joined), but
> that's another story. While you're checking for Egan DNA, check for Jimmy's
> too - just in case!
>
> Tim Collins
> Midland, MI
> 1966 AH Sprite

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