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In a message dated 9/20/99 10:05:26 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
RALPH.JANNELLI@prodigy.net writes:
<< I hope you have bought a hydraulic floor jack!! >>
As I have received several E-mails from concerned listers, yes I did buy a
hydraulic floor jack about 2 weeks after the incident. It may take alot for
me to learn a lesson, but this one sunk in. Funny thing was, I knew better.
I had previously done 2 frame-off resto's and numerous other
projects........go figure.
Peace,
John
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From: "RALPH JANNELLI" <RALPH.JANNELLI@prodigy.net>
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Subject: Re: Newbie Intro
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 12:03:59 -0400
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I hope you have bought a hydraulic floor jack!!
Ralph Jannelli
Matthews, NC
'65 Spitfire MKII
'72 Spitfire MKIV
'80 TR8 DHC
----- Original Message -----
From: <JOrwin308@aol.com>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 11:35 AM
Subject: Newbie Intro
>
> Well, I have been lurking on the list for a while now, and thought I would
> share my plight with the list.
>
> I have a '78 Spitfire that I purchased in 1995. It was originally a CA
car
> and has 64K original miles. It is in pretty good overall shape, but
really
> needs to be painted at least. I haven't touched the car since '97.
>
> There is a story behind my loss of interest. I had been working pretty
> feverishly on the car since I purchased it. I have a one car garage, so I
> was getting ready to trailer it over to a friend's 8 car garage to do some
> general work. It was up on jack stands, so I needed to get it down. Here
is
> where stupidity comes in. I didn't have a floor jack, so I used the one
in
> my truck. Front of the car came down with no probs. I lifted the rear,
> removed the stands, and started to lower it. On it's way down, the car
> slipped off of the jack. That nice little seam that runs along the lower
> rear valance sliced right through the top of my hand. Fortunately, it
> stopped at the bone. The end result was a big cut, and 2 severed tendons
> (middle and ring fingers).
>
> I immediately grounded the car as it was obviously to blame. Before I
> stopped working on it, I managed to strip and paint the wheels, installed
new
> carpet and seat interior, and bought lots of parts. The list of new
things
> includes tires, hub caps, lug nuts, front left valance, gas cap,
> dimmer/signal/horn switch, convertible top.....and lots of little things.
> The car also came with a hard top.
>
> So, now I am finally ready to resume! Immediate problems include a puddle
of
> brake fluid under the car, probably from the clutch slave cylinder as that
> was giving me problems before I parked it. This list is sure to be a
great
> resource to me, and I thank you all in advance for the numerous questions
I
> am sure will have.
>
> Peace,
> John Orwin
>
> P.S. Any listers in the SLC, UT area?
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