Hi Fred,
I hear you. However, weekends can sure be good for other non-list things,
too. I just had the pleasure of meeting a fellow Spitfire owner who happens
to be local, Ken C. He was interested in purchasing the leather sport
steering wheel that I had been trying to auction on TTA and I invited him to
come on over. We stood in my garage for what must have been at least an
hour and a half talking about our cars and by the time we were through, we
worked out a great trade. Ken is going to sandblast and prime the boot lid
I recently bought from another list member in exchange for my steering
wheel. I thought that was a terrific arrangement. I was going to have to
pay someone to blast the steel for me anyway and when Ken mentioned his
sandblasting setup, I thought "Heyyyyyyy!".
I offered to take Ken for a spin down my favorite two lane highway nearby
and he took me up on it. Although he was a bit flustered sitting on the
left while I drove on the right, I think he enjoyed the short journey. Ken
also confirmed our recent list discussions that loose trunnions in the rear
are the "click" culprits.
It was really a pleasure meeting Ken. He was a real gentleman and it was
great to actually shake hands with a fellow enthusiast. Better still, Mrs.
Jones behaved for the drive and actually drove very nicely.
Best wishes,
Jeff in San Diego
'67 RHD Spitfire Mk3 aka "Mrs. Jones"
Jeff's Classic '67 Spitfire Mk3 site
http://www.ohms.com/spitfire/spitfire.shtml
home of the NEW Totally Triumph Auction
"By Triumph enthusiasts, for Triumph enthusiasts"
http://www.ohms.com/cgi-bin/TRauction.cgi
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----- Original Message -----
From: Fred Thomas <vafred@erols.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Cc: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2000 11:02 AM
Subject: weekends
>
> I really hate it when the weekends come around, you working guys & gals
are
> not posting to the list, the mail count is about 1/20th of normal, and it
> just leaves too darn much time for what ever that list she is always
> carrying around for her too yell about what needs to be done, much nicer
> during the week when all you guys & gals are doing something worth while
and
> interesting, "posting to the list" "FT"
>
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