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Re: Does this come in an 11EEE?

To: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
Subject: Re: Does this come in an 11EEE?
From: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1993 09:57:14 -0500 (EST)
On Thu, 9 Dec 1993, Roland Dudley wrote:

> Okay Phil, my turn to tell a story.  I call it the Nygaard
> Solution.
> 
> When I first got the snake I really appreciated how comfy the seats
> were compared to the Healey I'd owned previously.  Only problem was that
> I needed a tad more leg room.  I'm 6' tall so I decided to check with
> the Nygaard twins (John and Paul who co-owned CSX2577 and are a couple
> of inches taller than me) to see how they had coped with this problem.
> Simple, sez John, just take your knock-off hammer a whack the hell out
> of the fender wall behind the seat on the drivers side and the seat will
> go back another notch or two.  So I followed his suggestion, and sure
{cut}
> 
> Roland

Dear Roland,

I've never asked, but from context I have always assumed that the "snake"
was an original Cobra.  If so, "whack the hell out of" some part of an
*original Cobra*?  I mean, if you had asked me, I'd have said a better
solution would be to have an orthopedic surgeon section a couple inches
out of your thigh bone.  Granted, it was an interior panel of the snake,
but it is visible.  Nobody ever sees your thighbone.

Ray Gibbons




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