19 Apr 12 09:35, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
    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.   
      
    RN> I had an '84 Chevy 3/4 ton with a 410 rear end.  Not good for driving   
    RN> on the highway unless you were pulling something heavy.  (-:  I had a   
    RN> flat on the left-rear almost in the middle of nowhere one morning and   
    RN> had to use that ridiculous scissors jack that came with the truck.   
    RN> It took 45 minutes.  And then, to add insult to injury, a girl came   
    RN> out of the one house nearby and said "My dad wants to know if you   
    RN> need help."  Too late.   
      
   I threw the scissor jack away that came in my 72 and replaced it with a   
   hydraulic bottle jack. My 02 came with a screw type bottle jack...but I   
   don't really have a need for a jack these days, I call road service   
   instead.   
      
    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   
    RN>>> with 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.   
      
    RN> I can do that with the push of a button and without looking.  (-:[   
      
   Yeah, but you don't get to change the battery in the remote when it quits   
   working. 8^)   
      
    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.   
      
    RN> "Skeptic?  I trust you have proof!"  (-:   
      
   Is it fixed yet?   
      
    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.   
      
    RN> Yeah, I corrected that.   
      
    RW>> I'm still working on a tank of premium that I put in it last fall   
    RW>> (Sept)...   
      
    RN> Do you run the engine regularly?   
      
   No. The car is equipped with a Deltran Battery Tender.   
      
    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   
    RN>>> simple as to escape their motice.  (-:   
      
    RW>>> That helps to pad their wallets... 8^)   
      
    RN> I'm on to that.   
      
   Having been a 'dealer' employee, I'll bet you are. 8^)   
      
    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   
    RN>> go to the DMV for a copy. (-|   
      
    RW>> @8(   
      
    RN>     7:->]   
      
   I've heard that story before.   
      
      
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