[Spridgets] Old guys

[Peter Caldwell]

Glen.  Good memories      Did you make use of that Minor front grill 
surround?   The rest of that Minor went to a local guy's second Minor 
Toyota GTS powered ratrod pickup. My Mini is still going even after the 
Ozark slalom.  I DO miss the banter we all had.  But... moving on.

   Peter c


On 3/20/2018 8:22 AM, Glen Byrns via Spridgets wrote:
>
> The list has certainly changed over the years. Finding my first 5 
> speed from "Crash" Ramsey, advice from Frank, Buster Cluster, Holy 
> Sprite.  I even remember taking a bit of crap from Ed for adding a dab 
> of solder insurance on my taillight bullet connectors. More 
> accurately, "getting" crap from Ed, I didn't take it and soldered 
> away.  My lights have never failed.
>   The Morris woody that delivered the home brew to Bustercluster is 
> still our beloved grocery-getter.  The oil spots next to the driveway 
> where the Holy Sprite began its journey from California have long 
> since faded. The Austin A35 has moved on and a 62 Mk1 Mini and a 59 
> Morris stake-side flatbed now have joined the fleet.
>     Bugsy, the turbo'ed 1275 I drove to Lake of the Ozarks is still 
> cooling off after yesterday's flogging.
>      The list was once a thriving and valuable resource.  I miss it.
>
> Glen Byrns
>
> On Mar 19, 2018, at 8:53 PM, daredelvis--- via Spridgets 
> <spridgets at autox.team.net <mailto:spridgets at autox.team.net>> wrote:
>
>> Like.
>>
>> On Mar 19, 2018, at 4:23 PM, Paul Van Wig via Spridgets 
>> <spridgets at autox.team.net <mailto: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 <mailto: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
>>>     <mailto:crusaderchuck55 at aol.com> via Spridgets
>>>     <spridgets at autox.team.net <mailto: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
>>>
>
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