Eric Christensen writes:
> Well, I almost can't believe it. Today I pulled my '74 MGB from the
>garage it has been sitting in for the past two months and actually
>*drove* it across town. This is somewhat miraculous to me because up
>until I purchased the thing five months ago, I knew nothing whatsoever about
>automechanics. I had bought it with the intention of "learning by
>necessity" as problems come up, and so far necessity has taught me how to
>rebuild a clutch, replace a rotor and rebuild a caliper, replace a
>steering rack, replace shocks, and rebuild a carburator. It is a
>wonderful feeling to see such strange and mysterious tasks become clear,
>but it doesn't even compare to what I felt when the it began moving
>and I saw the fruits of my labor. Somehow this makes all the money and
>time that I have put into it over the past several weeks seem worthwhile.
>It is a wonderful skill to learn, and I really think this is the best way
>to learn it, in spite of--or perhaps because of--the mistakes I make
>along the way.
> At any rate, there is still much to do--particularly a front end
>rebuild and tuneup--that will prevent me at this point from going crazy
>with it and driving it everywhere :^(, but in the near future I should
>have an automobile unlike any I am accustomed to. Thanks for the
>tips and discussions I have heard here and benefitted from.
>
> *** Eric Christensen ***
> echrist1@firefly.prairienet.org
> -or-
> echrist@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
It is remarkable how this message so fully encapsulates the meaning and
reason for the british-cars mailing list.
Congratulations on your efforts Eric!
...robert
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