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   Message 1,607 of 2,177   
   Roger Nelson to Roy Witt   
   Ow!   
   21 Mar 13 16:29:04   
   
   On Thu Mar-21-2013 12:06, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    RW>> Shouldn't be too hard to do...   
      
    RN> That sounds familiar.  (-:   
      
    RW> It isn't a Blue Flame 6cyl Chevy, it's a 94 MB with all kinds of   
    RW> covers over everything. i.e. Corvettes have coil covers, but if you   
    RW> remove the covers, the engine doesn't look any different than what   
    RW> is in a Z28. The covers are there to 'beautify' the engine for the   
    RW> novice engine looker.    
      
   Hey!  (-:   
      
    RW>>> While you're at it, you might want to get a black light and find   
    RW>>> your freon leak...   
      
    RN>> I don't believe there is one.  The MB is the car we put the Red   
    RN>> Angel in. However, I'll check it to be sure.   
      
    RW>> So, you're just now getting around to re-charging the system, why?   
      
    RN> It hasn't been charged or checked since last April.   
      
    RW> Does the AC work?   
      
   It will as soon as I recharge it.   
      
    RN>> I never took any martial arts classes.  I figured the training I had   
    RN>> in football would be enough, but as the body gets older, it more and   
    RN>> more refuses to do what the mind tells it to do.  (-:   
      
    RW>> I never played on any high school or college football teams. Sand   
    RW>> lot, yeah, but didn't have time for a 'season' of football. Too   
    RW>> busy with cars and the girls. While everybody was at the game, I   
    RW>> was in the back seat of my 1940 Ford with Suzie Smith...   
      
    RN> I liked the front seat of my '57 Bel Air.  Way more room.   
      
    RW> I was a high school student in that year. Not having the income to   
    RW> buy a new Chevy, I opted for a $50 V8 Ford. I suppose that had I   
    RW> followed my father's advice, I would have bought a fat body (41-48)   
    RW> Chevy (big back seats), but then, those weren't up to my   
    RW> expectations of a real car at the time...   
      
   That was my first new car.  My first car was a Jeep station wagon w/4 wheel   
   drive.  I forget what year it was now, but I bought it from my boss at the   
   time and although it was dependable, it was top heavy, so I had to slow down   
   going around sharp curves lest it turn over.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
    * Origin: NCS BBS - Houma, LoUiSiAna - (1:3828/7)   

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