SCHWANGAU@aol.com wrote:
>
> This is no joke. It really happened to me the other day.
>
> I'm trying to solve some cooling system problems on my 65 Spitfire. I
> noticed that the coolant recovery bottle was split, so I removed it and
> sought a suitable replacement, short of getting out the catalog. I was
> having no luck rummaging around the garage, so I gave my attention briefly to
> removing and straightening the bottle bracket. As I was remounting the
> bracket to the radiator frame, I noticed that the partly finished can of
> Fosters in my left hand fit quite neatly into that bracket. I think I
> remember seeing this on some Mini or other goofed up LBC. Cute, but goofy.
> What the heck, I thought. Just then the phone rang. It was one of my
> employees with a minor crisis. My mind shifted gears (as best it can after
> working on a Fosters) and we solved the world's immediately problems in about
> 20 minutes.
>
> By this time I am late to pick up some stuff a business down near the
> airport. They closed at 5 o'clock. So I hurriedly checked the radiator
> coolant level and slipped on the clear overflow tube. In my concern as to
> the adequacy of its length, I forgot to empty the Fosters can.
>
> So here I am, 15 minutes later, roaring down the freeway trying to beat the
> worst of the rush hour traffic and I swear that the whole city smelled like
> Chernoble had come to the local Schlitz plant. But then I remembered that
> the old Schlitz brewery had closed down years ago. Had to be another source.
> Hmmm. Then it all came together. . . . . Especially since my car is still
> missing the gear shift boot.
>
> Took days to get that smell of hot mash out of the cooling system. Seemed to
> have loosened a lot of rust in that old engine block, too.
>
> Fosters. I think I will leave it to the rugby fans.
>
> Brian N.
>
> 79 Spitfire
> 65 Spitfire
> 63 Consul Capri
I notice that you have a '63 Consul Capri. I remember these well, and
the sedan version, the Consul Classic. Are you located in the UK or USA?
If the latter, where did you get the Capri? I had no idea they imported
them to the US.
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Michael J. Marr
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