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I considered buying the A40 when Frank had it for sale. Still wish I had bo=
ught it. :-(
Sent from my keyboard
> On Oct 29, 2020, at 12:49 PM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.t=
eam.net> wrote:
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> Same door locks (kind of the button with the mechanism) on the +2 Lotus El=
an, as the A40.
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>> On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 at 14:37, HealeyRick via Spridgets <spridgets@autox.t=
eam.net> wrote:
>> A classic from Frank:
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>> "I Do believe in ghosts now. And one is haunting the A40.
>> Tonight I moved the A40 across the street to mow the lawn. (it sits on=20=
>> my corner with a for sale sign) I left the keys in the ignition and=20
>> went about mowing the lawn. I can see it right across the street it's=20
>> just there. All of a sudden I see the lights are on, OK, maybe my leg=20
>> hit the column light switch (it's opposite the key and way high) but=20
>> maybe I hit it somehow. I walk across the street to turn them off.
>> The door is locked! I didn't lock it, you can only lock it with the key=20=
>> which is still in the ignition. (NOS door locks installed a month ago=20
>> thanks to Daniel S) So who locked the door when did they turned on the=20=
>> lights? And how without a key?
>> So I climb in the boot, over the back seat, open the door and switch off=20=
>> the lights. I tried starting it to make sure the battery wasn't low due=20=
>> to the lights being on. It started OK but the tape player starts=20
>> playing. I did not turn it on.
>> Switch off the ignition, tape still playing the ghosts favorite song!!!
>> LOUD too. Key out of the ignition, music still blasting. Now I know the=20=
>> tape player is wired thru the ignition, I wired it myself and it always=20=
>> worked OK. Now I can't even lower the volume, it was at the ghosts=20
>> favorite level. Would not go up or down. Power off on the player, no dice=
.
>> So I told the neighbor it must be haunted. I left the keys in it again,=20=
>> went out the drivers door, tested the door again to make sure it wasn't=20=
>> locked, it was not.
>> Back to mowing the grass, the song ends and the tape player shuts off.
>> It was loud enough to hear across the street with a lawn mower running.
>>=20
>> Finish the lawn chores and go to get in the A40. The door is LOCKED!!
>>=20
>> Now I know it worked when I left it. I grab the extra keys, unlock the=20=
>> door and the tape player starts playing before I even got in, and loud.
>>=20
>> Fire it up, go for smokes while listening to some ghosts favorite songs.
>> At the store, I took the keys with me just incase Mr. Spirit wanted to=20=
>> lock me out. He did not. Get back in and the tape player is off, push=20
>> power, it works fine, get home and park it and the tape player goes off=20=
>> as it should. Test the door, it is not locked.
>>=20
>> Now if this isn't a haunted LBC, I don't know what is.
>> I am not making any of this up.
>>=20
>> I believe, I believe but I would really like to see him/her/it.
>> Now I wonder if this same ghost was the reason behind this car's not=20
>> wanting to start if the temperature was 40* or lower?
>> --=20
>> Frank Clarici
>> Toms River, NJ
>> One too many Sprites and a haunted A40 Farina"
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">I considered buying the A40 when Frank had i=
t for sale. Still wish I had bought it. :-(<br><br><div dir=3D"l=
tr">Sent from my keyboard</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><blockquote type=3D"cite=
">On Oct 29, 2020, at 12:49 PM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets <spridgets@auto=
x.team.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D"ltr">Same door locks (kind of the button=
with the mechanism) on the +2 Lotus Elan, as the A40.</div><br><div cl=
ass=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, 29 Oct 202=
0 at 14:37, HealeyRick via Spridgets <<a href=3D"mailto:spridgets@autox.t=
eam.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D=
"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(20=
4,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">A classic from Frank:<div><br>=
</div><div>"<span style=3D"background-color:rgb(238,238,238);color:rgb(0,0,0=
)">I Do believe in ghosts now. And one is haunting the A40.</span></div><pre=
style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(238,238,238)">Tonight I move=
d the A40 across the street to mow the lawn. (it sits on=20
my corner with a for sale sign) I left the keys in the ignition and=20
went about mowing the lawn. I can see it right across the street it's=20
just there. All of a sudden I see the lights are on, OK, maybe my leg=20
hit the column light switch (it's opposite the key and way high) but=20
maybe I hit it somehow. I walk across the street to turn them off.
The door is locked! I didn't lock it, you can only lock it with the key=20
which is still in the ignition. (NOS door locks installed a month ago=20
thanks to Daniel S) So who locked the door when did they turned on the=20
lights? And how without a key?
So I climb in the boot, over the back seat, open the door and switch off=20
the lights. I tried starting it to make sure the battery wasn't low due=20
to the lights being on. It started OK but the tape player starts=20
playing. I did not turn it on.
Switch off the ignition, tape still playing the ghosts favorite song!!!
LOUD too. Key out of the ignition, music still blasting. Now I know the=20
tape player is wired thru the ignition, I wired it myself and it always=20
worked OK. Now I can't even lower the volume, it was at the ghosts=20
favorite level. Would not go up or down. Power off on the player, no dice.
So I told the neighbor it must be haunted. I left the keys in it again,=20
went out the drivers door, tested the door again to make sure it wasn't=20
locked, it was not.
Back to mowing the grass, the song ends and the tape player shuts off.
It was loud enough to hear across the street with a lawn mower running.
Finish the lawn chores and go to get in the A40. The door is LOCKED!!
Now I know it worked when I left it. I grab the extra keys, unlock the=20
door and the tape player starts playing before I even got in, and loud.
Fire it up, go for smokes while listening to some ghosts favorite songs.
At the store, I took the keys with me just incase Mr. Spirit wanted to=20
lock me out. He did not. Get back in and the tape player is off, push=20
power, it works fine, get home and park it and the tape player goes off=20
as it should. Test the door, it is not locked.
Now if this isn't a haunted LBC, I don't know what is.
I am not making any of this up.
I believe, I believe but I would really like to see him/her/it.
Now I wonder if this same ghost was the reason behind this car's not=20
wanting to start if the temperature was 40* or lower?
--=20
Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
One too many Sprites and a haunted A40 Farina"</pre><pre style=3D"color:rgb(=
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