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   Roy Witt to Roger Nelson   
   Ow!   
   28 Mar 13 10:07:57   
   
   Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    RN> My Mercedes is a 4-cyl.   
      
   Sad...really sad.   
      
    RW>> It'd be nice to know the specs on that cam...lift, duration, etc..   
      
    RN> I don't remember anything specifically about that car except I had a   
    RN> lot of fun in it.  (-:  I doubt if a 1957 Engel cam can be googled,   
    RN> but am uncertain.   
      
   You could probably get the specs from Engel, if they still exist.   
      
    RN>> After I had the heads milled, I could almost outrun everything top   
    RN>> end except police radios.  (-:[   
      
    RW>> I did that once in my Corvette. The cop that came over the   
    RW>> center-divide on Clairmont Dr probably caught up with the Dodge   
    RW>> Charger I was racing, but never caught up with me. I dunno if he   
    RW>> caught the Dodge or not since I didn't go back to find out.   
      
    RN> They got me on the Highway 11 bridge across lake Pontchartrain   
    RN> between New Orleans and Slidell.   
      
   You mean they got you where there was no place to elude them.   
      
    RW>>> That was my grandfather's first new car too. A 1941 Chevy Deluxe   
    RW>>> tudor, maroon. I always wanted that car, but he eventually traded   
    RW>>> it in for a 52 Pontiac, maroon in color.   
      
    RN>> The new Jeeps are somewhat of a disappointment, if you believe   
    RN>> what's plastered on the Internet.  I'd like to have a Pontiac   
    RN>> "Goat".   
      
    RW>> I just got a glimpse of a 2014 Siverado. Standard cab, shortbed   
    RW>> with a 6.2L LS engine and 6spd automatic. Wish I didn't like my   
    RW>> 'paid for' 2002 so much.   
      
    RN> Now is not the time to go into debt again, but only you can make that   
    RN> decision.   
      
   I wouldn't be in debt, but my stock/interest income would be impaired for   
   a while.   
      
    RN> Did you like that last picture I sent?   
      
   The one that said; The L.A. Zoo has an African lion, the White House has a   
   lyin' African 8^) yeup.   
      
   Closer to home (Chicago) it would read; The Brookfield Zoo has an African   
   Lion, etc...   
      
      
      
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   --- GoldED+/W32 1.1.5-31012   
    * Origin: Texas Lone-Star - Texan, American, USAian  (1:387/22)   

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