[Spridgets] Old guys

JohnD johnsfolly at gmail.com
Mon Apr 9 23:18:31 MDT 2018


All I can say is....shotguns, bourbon...and cats!


*Driving in the past lane!*
JohnsfollyVintageRacing <http://www.johnsfolly.webs.com>

On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 10:18 PM, WFO Herb <froggi60 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Seeing so many replies, one thing is for sure...we all still monitor the
> site.  That's a good thing, right.
>
> For me, it is good hearing so many of our children do have interest in
> LBCs.  Personally, my 'little guy' will be 43 soon and has a number of BEs,
> square body Sprite and Midgets as well as a GT.  Plus a number of other
> toys.
>
> Perhaps this resurgence of chatter will continue.
>
> While I have your attention, I need new tire chocks.  Old ones went flat.
> Which stays 'puffed up' longer...Siamese or Seal Point?
>
> Keep the sticky side down,
>
> Herb
>
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 4:23 PM, Paul Van Wig via Spridgets <
> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> Yea the old days. When we actually typed something not just clicked Like!
>> 59 Metropolitan
>> 68 Morris Woody
>> 60 Bugeye
>>
>> Paul Van Wig
>>
>> Big Bear/Lakewood, CA
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 12:09 PM, JohnD via Spridgets <
>> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Reading through all of the sad recollections of interactions with Just
>>> Ed Kaler and then seeing The World's Largest Spridget Driver's comments,
>>> showed me how many "old guys" are still hanging around team-dot-net. Way
>>> before web-based forums and FakeBook groupies, this was the place I would
>>> pilfer government time on the email server and develop my earliest spridget
>>> friendships. Just seeing all your names was a trip down memory lane. And
>>> Chuck, you don't actually SIT on an Aeromacchi, do you?!
>>> John Deikis
>>> Chelsea, MI
>>>
>>> *Driving in the past lane!*
>>> JohnsfollyVintageRacing <http://www.johnsfolly.webs.com>
>>>
>>> > On Mar 6, 2018, at 10:14 PM, crusaderchuck55 at aol.com via Spridgets <
>>> spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > I had the pleasure of being in New Jersey on Sunday spending some time
>>> rummaging through his fathers parts collection.   We spent some time
>>> discussing the lack of spirited list conversations compared to 20 years
>>> ago.  A number of noteable names were discussed.  I'm now realising why the
>>> list seems so quiet.  Quite a few of the people we discussed have passed
>>> away. Frankie reads things posted here .  I told him I miss rants like
>>> "donkey dung fired Chinese forges making moss repros".  Or "crap harbor
>>> freight knock off tools that fail in a day at a job site" !   That and i
>>> remembered Montana Bob...who could forget those blistering exchanges?  The
>>> Valentine's LBC rallies.  And the moving of people's cars they bought
>>> across the country from one trailer to another until the car got to it's
>>> New owner.  Following these events and participating brought us together
>>> tighter than some families.  Even sprite sprees were well attended. That
>>> was then.
>>> > Hey Robert? Still have the midget that almost would not cross the
>>> border?  My son lost his first tooth sitting unavoidably detained by
>>> Canadian border authorities on that trip...my son turned 22 last December.
>>> > Well we have all grown older.  Some of us have "left the building".
>>> > Others just moved on.
>>> > I do not do any social media stuff.  I'm on the vintage Saab yahoo
>>> list and spridgets list and the aermacchi ( Italian Harley Davidson) list.
>>> Those are my media.
>>> > So if ya wanna find me....I'm still here.   And I'm still ferrying
>>> around cars , fiddling with saab's and spridgets, locating missing bits I
>>> need and slowly working my way back onto a race track near you!
>>> > ( some stuff just does not change....)
>>> > Chuck
>>> > Sent from my LG Mobile
>>>
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