Amazing what you can find sometimes so close to home.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From "Frank Clarici" <spritenut at exit109.com>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 11:43 PM
Subject: Old car & plane parts, no LBC
> Tonight I was asked to go "raid" the garage of a friend of my son's
> grandfather.
> We came home with a T bird Y8 (not a V8) an old ford flat head that
> looks like it will fire up, rebuilt way back when and never started.
> And a Crosley 4 banger complete with carb, dizzy, and starter!
> An old wooden air plane prop, some cool huge 4 spoke wooden steering
> wheels, REAL USA made tools, battery chargers, drill press, misc garage
> tools, and I found a Judson ignition gizmo, not sure what it is yet.
> If anyone wants to buy an old engine, let me know, I'll put you in touch
> with Matt.
> Matt's grandfather is not up to working out in the shop and gave Matt
> anything he wanted. I was the token Old fart to explain what some of the
> stuff was to the kids. Like the City Service road map, the ridge reamer,
> bearing driver tool, tire chains, and centrifical clutch.
> The old guy's brother who died a few years back was a pilot and had
> several of his own planes, thus the mountain of old airplane stuff like
> gauges, safty wire drilled bolts, and funky spark plugs.
> Interesting evening with some great finds. Not that I took anything
> except the Judson gizmo, but Matt lives 1/2 way down my block and I get
> to borrow any/all the cool old tools :)
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> The BETTER not BIGGER Healeys
> http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
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