On Tue Apr-17-2012 08:03, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    RW> 16 Apr 12 08:22, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    RN> Then that would make the PT a ripoff of the '49 Suburban.   
      
    RW> The PT is supposed to remind you of a 1930s Chrysler product. Plus   
    RW> the PT came out before the HHR, so it was first to market.   
      
   I suppose I'm thinking of the industrial espionage days.   
      
    RN> I couldn't remember what one looked like, but I took care of that in   
    RN> short order.   
      
    RW> The 1949-55 1/2 Chevy pickups are my favorite among early   
    RW> Chevies...That they also used the same look on the Suburban is   
    RW> interesting. If you take that model in pickup form and want a 20   
    RW> (3/4 ton) or 30 (1 ton) series, they increased the size of the   
    RW> body, but kept the pickup look. Behind the pizza restaurant here in   
    RW> New Braunfels, there is a 1950s 30 series tow truck and you can see   
    RW> the difference in size, especially on cruise night when the 50s   
    RW> pickups show up...there's also a 'fire engine' 30 series in a local   
    RW> antique shop down the road from here.   
      
   I had an '84 Chevy 3/4 ton with a 410 rear end.  Not good for driving on the   
   highway unless you were pulling something heavy.  (-:  I had a flat on the   
   left-rear almost in the middle of nowhere one morning and had to use that   
   ridiculous scissors jack that came with the truck.  It took 45 minutes.  And   
   then, to add insult to injury, a girl came out of the one house nearby and   
   said "My dad wants to know if you need help."  Too late.   
      
    RN>> I managed to get a FREE (SIL paid for it) JVC AM-FM stereo radio/cd   
    RN>> player for the Benz yesterday.  It is very nice and came with a   
    RN>> remote control, although I don't know why they make the remotes with   
    RN>> the radio so close.   
      
    RW>> Put it in the trunk and then you'll know why they make them with   
    RW>> remotes.   
      
    RN> [Rhetorical mode on]   
    RN> Put what in the trunk?  The radio or the remote?  (-:   
    RN> [Rhetorical mode off]   
      
    RW> If you mount the radio in the dash and put the remote in the trunk,   
    RW> you'll know where the remote is supposed to be when you're driving   
    RW> the car and want to change stations.   
      
   I can do that with the push of a button and without looking.  (-:[   
      
    RN>> The AUX recepticle is broken temporarily; something I plug my cell   
    RN>> phone into, but the mechanic knows how to fix it and will at some   
    RN>> point in the near future. [...]   
      
    RW>> LOL! Sure he will.   
      
    RN> No.  This guy is different.  He's one of those rare people who, when   
    RN> they tell you they're going to do something, they do.   
      
    RW> Ok...we'll see.   
      
   "Skeptic?  I trust you have proof!"  (-:   
      
    RN>>> Nah, I got all I can handle with the M-B.  (-:   
      
    RW>>> I hear that. That one is kinda like owning a Jaguar...they usually   
    RW>>> sit in the mechanic's garage waiting on repairs.   
      
    RN> Except the M-B engine does not require the constant attention that a   
    RN> Jaguar does.  I filled the tank yesterday, even though it wasn't   
    RN> empty, but close and it cost $48.37 for 12.281 gallons of premium at   
    RN> $3.93.3 per gallon.   
      
    RW> $3.93.9/gallon. This is why the Z28 sits more than it is driven.   
      
   Yeah, I corrected that.   
      
    RW> I'm still working on a tank of premium that I put in it last fall   
    RW> (Sept)...    
      
   Do you run the engine regularly?   
      
    RN>> The Benz would probably still be in the garage if I hadn't gone by   
    RN>> there and told them what I thought the problem was.  Some guys like   
    RN>> to make a mountain out of a mole hill when the solution is so simple   
    RN>> as to escape their motice.  (-:   
      
    RW>> That helps to pad their wallets... 8^)   
      
   I'm on to that.   
      
    RN> This guy was recommended to me years ago (in my other lifetime in   
    RN> Houma) and someone recommended him to my SIL, who can't find the   
    RN> title to the Benz in order to donate it to me.  He's gonna have to go   
    RN> to the DMV for a copy. (-|   
      
    RW> @8(   
      
       7:->]   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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