On Fri, 20 Jan 1995, Greg Meboe wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jan 1995, W. Ray Gibbons wrote:
>
> > door. Here in VT there's a country rust preventive measure I recommend,
> > called "oil undercoating." It is simplicity itself; you spray the bottom
> > of the car with used engine oil.
> >
> > Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
>
> Ray, given your notorious, if somewhat understated sense of humor, I'm a
> little reluctant to fall for this one. However, my car is not. It has
> been apparently following your advice for some time now.
>
> ;)
>
> Greg
Heeeee! I wasn't joking, though. That stupid blazer had shiny black
paint on the frame under a half inch of crud. All my cars end up
weeping oil out of every seam, even the ones that are not british.
You did not ask me, but I assume the second coil on your Jag was put there
to take over when the first one dies. Lucas coils die with such
regularity that Shakespeare was moved to refer to death as "shuffling off
this mortal coil."
Ray "Fractured history and electronics R us" Gibbons
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