"Peter C." wrote:
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> At 05:14 PM 2/16/2001, Wm. Severin Thompson wrote:
> >The Spitfire was bought in Fox Lake, IL... I paid $400.
> >
> >Other highlights of ownership included...
>
> The doors didn't open when you rounded a corner? Ah, those Phlegmfires,
> love'em. My first use of a bungee cord.
Or the use of a tall milk crate. Many years ago when working on my
VW Bug I had all the seats out of the car. I had to be somewhere
so boy genius (that's me) decide to use a milk crate as a drivers
seat. So I stood that milk crate on end and drove off. About
2 miles from my house I encounter a problem with my "plan." I got
to my first left turn. I went around the turn at about 15 MPH and
the milk crate tipped over. Now I am going around the corner with
one hand on the steering wheel and my face on the passenger floor.
I flopped around for a bit, got the crate out of the way and kneeled
so I could see out the front window. This was worse, since now I
could see what was happening but if you are on your knees you
CANNOT work the pedals! To avoid the traffic in front of me I had
to pop the car out of gear and drive over the curb and over the
speed limit sign, as if the laws applied to me. I can you say
"Bill you should have pulled the E-Brake." Think about it, if this
car had no seat, do you really think the E-Brake was working? Of
course not. This was when I was much younger.
Bill "Stupidity hurts" Gilroy
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