Cranked right off!? Now that is true gem of a Brit car! I've owned a few bikes &
cars from across the pond and it seems they all fell victim to the Prince Of
Darkness (you non-British owners have prbably never met Mr. Lucas) If they can't
muster up 12 volts (only 6 in some applications) where are they gonna find 42?
Ed
Keith Turk wrote:
> Okay Dick.... you sparked an interest... I just got back from a trip around
> the block in the Hundred.... I even managed to do this without writing down
> all the things that need fixing to be truly road worthy....( just the
> brakes.. my what a shock a Brit car with bad brakes...)
>
> Walked in to the garage... pulled the cover off it it... attached the
> battery cable.... Cranked right off.... and away we went..
> ( I do start it every now and then just to run the motor )
>
> I even got a couple of digital Pictures... I will post them somewhere
> tomarrow...
>
> Keith ( Big SMILE on my face... man I love that car!!!)( now that is a
> Sickness)( Ed it's just like putting that Harley...same deal.... easy way to
> fix a Blah Attitude )
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
> To: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; "Ed Van Scoy" <edvs@uswest.net>; "Land
> Speed List" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 12:48 PM
> Subject: Re: Car Sickness
>
> > You caught one of my favorite deals.... Folks always talk about the one
> they
> > wish they still had....
> >
> > Mine is sitting in my upper garage... it's a 1956 Austin Healey 100
> nothing
> > really fancy but I restored it from 79-84 and still have it.... It's the
> car
> > I will Never sell.... my kids may one day... but I heard that story in so
> > many variations that I knew Money would never replace it... I paid 1200
> for
> > it.... spent 10,000 on it over all those years.... ( painting cars for
> other
> > folks to earn the money ) Paid alot of dues to own that car... even
> bought
> > it from my first wife.... ( does that mean I bought it twice?) Some folks
> > ask me why I don't drive it more... or at all sometimes.... and the reason
> > is that it's special.. to no one but me.... I go through phases where it's
> > important and I play with it.... but like right now it's resting for a
> > couple of years... it's not being hurt by sitting.... I know what I have
> to
> > do to get it out of storage... and I will one of these days just to get a
> > Picture.... Hmmm
> >
> > Keith
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> > To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; "Ed Van Scoy" <edvs@uswest.net>; "Land
> > Speed List" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 12:32 PM
> > Subject: Car Sickness
> >
> >
> > > The other day my son and I were reminiscing about
> > > some of the "cool cars" I have owned. He asked
> > > me just how many cars I have owned, since there
> > > had definitely been many. I started to count
> > > them up and finally resorted to the computer to
> > > assemble a list. At current count, I have owned
> > > 146 cars and still adding (everytime I look at
> > > the list I remember another one that I had
> > > overlooked). My ex-wife said it was a sickness
> > > and that I needed help. Does anybody else on
> > > this list have this same sickness. Please,
> > > somebody, tell me you have had more cars than I
> > > have - - I hate to think I'm the sickest one out
> > > here.
> > >
> > > "Cool Cars" that I have owned and wish I still
> > > had: Porsche Speedster $300, '40 Ford coupe
> > > $300, Max Wedge Dodge $250, Alfa Romeo Super
> > > Leggera $300, Devin "C" $1500, 62 vette $75, 57
> > > Chev "Black Widow" fuelie $800, 427 Fairlane
> > > $750! Awww man, I'm gettin sicker just thinking
> > > about it all!
> > >
> > > =====
> > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> > > * Dick J *
> > > * (In East Texas) *
> > > * # 729 *
> > > * C/GRS E/STR *
> > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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