[Spridgets] Happy Halloween!

[Rick Fisk]

I considered buying the A40 when Frank had it for sale.  Still wish I had bought it.  :-(

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> On Oct 29, 2020, at 12:49 PM, Weslake1330 via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> Same door locks (kind of the button with the mechanism) on the +2 Lotus Elan, as the A40.
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>> On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 at 14:37, HealeyRick via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>> A classic from Frank:
>> 
>> "I Do believe in ghosts now. And one is haunting the A40.
>> Tonight I moved the A40 across the street to mow the lawn. (it sits on 
>> my corner with a for sale sign) I left the keys in the ignition and 
>> went about mowing the lawn. I can see it right across the street it's 
>> just there. All of a sudden I see the lights are on, OK, maybe my leg 
>> hit the column light switch (it's opposite the key and way high) but 
>> maybe I hit it somehow. I walk across the street to turn them off.
>> The door is locked! I didn't lock it, you can only lock it with the key 
>> which is still in the ignition. (NOS door locks installed a month ago 
>> thanks to Daniel S) So who locked the door when did they turned on the 
>> lights? And how without a key?
>> So I climb in the boot, over the back seat, open the door and switch off 
>> the lights. I tried starting it to make sure the battery wasn't low due 
>> to the lights being on. It started OK but the tape player starts 
>> playing. I did not turn it on.
>> Switch off the ignition, tape still playing the ghosts favorite song!!!
>> LOUD too. Key out of the ignition, music still blasting. Now I know the 
>> tape player is wired thru the ignition, I wired it myself and it always 
>> worked OK. Now I can't even lower the volume, it was at the ghosts 
>> favorite level. Would not go up or down. Power off on the player, no dice.
>> So I told the neighbor it must be haunted. I left the keys in it again, 
>> went out the drivers door, tested the door again to make sure it wasn't 
>> locked, it was not.
>> Back to mowing the grass, the song ends and the tape player shuts off.
>> It was loud enough to hear across the street with a lawn mower running.
>> 
>> Finish the lawn chores and go to get in the A40. The door is LOCKED!!
>> 
>> Now I know it worked when I left it. I grab the extra keys, unlock the 
>> door and the tape player starts playing before I even got in, and loud.
>> 
>> Fire it up, go for smokes while listening to some ghosts favorite songs.
>> At the store, I took the keys with me just incase Mr. Spirit wanted to 
>> lock me out. He did not. Get back in and the tape player is off, push 
>> power, it works fine, get home and park it and the tape player goes off 
>> as it should. Test the door, it is not locked.
>> 
>> Now if this isn't a haunted LBC, I don't know what is.
>> I am not making any of this up.
>> 
>> I believe, I believe but I would really like to see him/her/it.
>> Now I wonder if this same ghost was the reason behind this car's not 
>> wanting to start if the temperature was 40* or lower?
>> -- 
>> Frank Clarici
>> Toms River, NJ
>> One too many Sprites and a haunted A40 Farina"
>> 
>> Rick Neville
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