[Mgs] First drives.

[Dan DiBiase]

I did my de-winterizing (which really just consists of unhooking the battery
tender) on the '76 B Sunday here in Central NJ, as it was a nice breezy
59....
Felt good to get some wind in the face for sure!

Dan D
'76B  '65B
Central NJ
USA




________________________________
 From: Aaron Whiteman
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To: "<mgs at autox.team.net>" <mgs at autox.team.net> 
Sent:
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 12:06 AM
Subject: [Mgs] First drives.
 

Poor Mr
Robinson may not have gotten out today, but I did.

If you recall, I had a bit
more than the standard "diff clunk" issues last
fall. The felt washers were
completey gone and the brass washers were well on
their way. And of course,
none of the local operations would even touch this
little weird sports car.
Fortunately, I had a friend that would do it. "Ahh.. it's like a cute little
version of a Dana. No problem."

It took several months, but the axle was back
in my possession on Saturday and
the car was back together that evening. I was
able to do much of the work
while listening to a very entertaining match
between Seattle and Portland (go
Sounders!), finishing in time to enjoy a very
quick test drive before calling
a day.

The test drive revealed a terrible
rhythmic squeak on the driver's side. So
Sunday, before I went off to enjoy
some single track on my Trek, I took the
drum off, wiggled things about, and
put it back together.

I couldn't take a longer drive after that until today,
when I called my
insurance to "take the car out of storage." I didn't go far,
maybe 5 miles
total. But like always, the first drive of spring reminds me oh
so clearly why
I own this little car. Driving home tonight under the stars
while piloting a
simple car that connects the driver to the road so
strongly... I'm still
grinning hard.

Thank you British Leyland. You may have
cut a lot of corners in the mid-70s,
but you still made a car that "feels
right".

--
Aaron
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