[Spridgets] Cruel or dumb? no LBC

[David Lieb]

>> Just maybe the kid fell in love with the lines of the DeSoto. It would be 
>> a unique ride and which of us has not been accused of stupidity for 
>> buying a Spridget or three?
>
> I agree 100% but he bought a $400 car not a $4000 car.
> It is pretty much an original car that needs everything.
> And he has no car smarts. I did direct him to another old fart who works 
> on 30s and 40s american iron. I just don't know anything about a DeSoto to 
> help him out where the other guy probably has parts in his garage.
> We will get him going and I will be happy to do what I can. And I hope the 
> kid fixes it up because it IS a unique ride. He can drive over the other 
> rice rides in the hood and never even know he ran them over. ;)

That's the ticket! I just hope he didn't blow up the engine with the oil 
filter
fiasco. Ya allus seem to regret something stupid that happened to the car
soon after ya got it... It prolly was a $400 car, but sometimes more
committment follows wasting too much money on a car.