Re: [Spridgets] Happy Halloween!

[Tom Springer via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>]

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This made me laugh.  I never met Frank, but the description of him climbing 
into the A40 made me smile.  I have had the same experience in my A40...not a 
pretty sight!
Tom

>     On 10/29/2020 9:47 AM Weslake1330 via Spridgets 
> <spridgets@autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>     Same door locks (kind of the button with the mechanism) on the +2 Lotus 
> Elan, as the A40.
> 
>     On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 at 14:37, HealeyRick via Spridgets < 
> spridgets@autox.team.net mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net > wrote:
> 
>         > >         A classic from Frank:
> > 
> >         " I Do believe in ghosts now. And one is haunting the A40.
> > 
> >         Tonight I moved the A40 across the street to mow the lawn. (it sits 
> > on 
> >         my corner with a for sale sign) I left the keys in the ignition and 
> >         went about mowing the lawn. I can see it right across the street 
> > it's 
> >         just there. All of a sudden I see the lights are on, OK, maybe my 
> > leg 
> >         hit the column light switch (it's opposite the key and way high) 
> > but 
> >         maybe I hit it somehow. I walk across the street to turn them off.
> >         The door is locked! I didn't lock it, you can only lock it with the 
> > key 
> >         which is still in the ignition. (NOS door locks installed a month 
> > ago 
> >         thanks to Daniel S) So who locked the door when did they turned on 
> > the 
> >         lights? And how without a key?
> >         So I climb in the boot, over the back seat, open the door and 
> > switch off 
> >         the lights. I tried starting it to make sure the battery wasn't low 
> > due 
> >         to the lights being on. It started OK but the tape player starts 
> >         playing. I did not turn it on.
> >         Switch off the ignition, tape still playing the ghosts favorite 
> > song!!!
> >         LOUD too. Key out of the ignition, music still blasting. Now I know 
> > the 
> >         tape player is wired thru the ignition, I wired it myself and it 
> > always 
> >         worked OK. Now I can't even lower the volume, it was at the ghosts 
> >         favorite level. Would not go up or down. Power off on the player, 
> > no dice.
> >         So I told the neighbor it must be haunted. I left the keys in it 
> > again, 
> >         went out the drivers door, tested the door again to make sure it 
> > wasn't 
> >         locked, it was not.
> >         Back to mowing the grass, the song ends and the tape player shuts 
> > off.
> >         It was loud enough to hear across the street with a lawn mower 
> > running.
> > 
> >         Finish the lawn chores and go to get in the A40. The door is 
> > LOCKED!!
> > 
> >         Now I know it worked when I left it. I grab the extra keys, unlock 
> > the 
> >         door and the tape player starts playing before I even got in, and 
> > loud.
> > 
> >         Fire it up, go for smokes while listening to some ghosts favorite 
> > songs.
> >         At the store, I took the keys with me just incase Mr. Spirit wanted 
> > to 
> >         lock me out. He did not. Get back in and the tape player is off, 
> > push 
> >         power, it works fine, get home and park it and the tape player goes 
> > off 
> >         as it should. Test the door, it is not locked.
> > 
> >         Now if this isn't a haunted LBC, I don't know what is.
> >         I am not making any of this up.
> > 
> >         I believe, I believe but I would really like to see him/her/it.
> >         Now I wonder if this same ghost was the reason behind this car's 
> > not 
> >         wanting to start if the temperature was 40* or lower?-- 
> >         Frank Clarici
> >         Toms River, NJ
> >         One too many Sprites and a haunted A40 Farina"
> > 
> > 
> >         Rick Neville
> > 
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   <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">This made me 
laugh.&nbsp; I never met Frank, but the description of him climbing into the 
A40 made me smile.&nbsp; I have had the same experience in my A40...not a 
pretty sight!</span>
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    On 10/29/2020 9:47 AM Weslake1330 via Spridgets 
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    Same door locks (kind of the button with the mechanism) on the&nbsp;+2 
Lotus Elan, as the A40.
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     On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 at 14:37, HealeyRick via Spridgets &lt;
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      A classic from Frank:
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       <span style="background-color: #eeeeee; color: #000000;">I Do believe in 
ghosts now. And one is haunting the A40.</span>
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      <pre style="color: #000000; background-color: #eeeeee;">Tonight I moved 
the A40 across the street to mow the lawn. (it sits on 
my corner with a for sale sign) I left the keys in the ignition and 
went about mowing the lawn. I can see it right across the street it's 
just there. All of a sudden I see the lights are on, OK, maybe my leg 
hit the column light switch (it's opposite the key and way high) but 
maybe I hit it somehow. I walk across the street to turn them off.
The door is locked! I didn't lock it, you can only lock it with the key 
which is still in the ignition. (NOS door locks installed a month ago 
thanks to Daniel S) So who locked the door when did they turned on the 
lights? And how without a key?
So I climb in the boot, over the back seat, open the door and switch off 
the lights. I tried starting it to make sure the battery wasn't low due 
to the lights being on. It started OK but the tape player starts 
playing. I did not turn it on.
Switch off the ignition, tape still playing the ghosts favorite song!!!
LOUD too. Key out of the ignition, music still blasting. Now I know the 
tape player is wired thru the ignition, I wired it myself and it always 
worked OK. Now I can't even lower the volume, it was at the ghosts 
favorite level. Would not go up or down. Power off on the player, no dice.
So I told the neighbor it must be haunted. I left the keys in it again, 
went out the drivers door, tested the door again to make sure it wasn't 
locked, it was not.
Back to mowing the grass, the song ends and the tape player shuts off.
It was loud enough to hear across the street with a lawn mower running.

Finish the lawn chores and go to get in the A40. The door is LOCKED!!

Now I know it worked when I left it. I grab the extra keys, unlock the 
door and the tape player starts playing before I even got in, and loud.

Fire it up, go for smokes while listening to some ghosts favorite songs.
At the store, I took the keys with me just incase Mr. Spirit wanted to 
lock me out. He did not. Get back in and the tape player is off, push 
power, it works fine, get home and park it and the tape player goes off 
as it should. Test the door, it is not locked.

Now if this isn't a haunted LBC, I don't know what is.
I am not making any of this up.

I believe, I believe but I would really like to see him/her/it.
Now I wonder if this same ghost was the reason behind this car's not 
wanting to start if the temperature was 40* or lower?
-- 
Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
One too many Sprites and a haunted A40 Farina"</pre>
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      <pre style="color: #000000; background-color: #eeeeee;">Rick Neville</pre>
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