<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dave-</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>I’ll send him down to drive yours!<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Chris</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Z3 at least</div><div class="">1960 Corvair (long story)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 7, 2021, at 6:48 PM, dwoerpel <<a href="mailto:dwoerpel@wi.net" class="">dwoerpel@wi.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Hey Chris! I seem to remember that story! I also put my tank on the barbie per Frank's instructions. Tank had been sitting empty for two years. Filled it with water and boiled it with extinguisher at hand. Was fearful when I discovered the filter screen was nylon and thought it may have melted. All is well 20 years later. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">If you had the Bugeye your son could be driving it now! ;-)</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Dave W.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">59 :()</div><div dir="auto" class="">59 MGA 1500</div><div dir="auto" class="">Burlington WI </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">"Pay It Forward"</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto" class=""><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto" class="">Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S8, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone</div></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size: 100%;" class=""><div class="">-------- Original message --------</div><div class="">From: Chris Manuel via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> </div><div class="">Date: 6/7/21 2:54 PM (GMT-06:00) </div><div class="">To: Ron Soave via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> </div><div class="">Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Repairing old fuel tank </div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div>I put the one from my ’66 on the grill. Amazing what came out of it. Something I overlooked when decommissioning the car, would have been much easier and a time saver as it was bone dry when I originally got it.<br class=""><br class="">Jim Johnson and Larry Macy got me through the 50th at Elkhart Lake by instructing me to blow in the gas tank to force gas through the incredibly clogged screen. I know there was a photo floating around of that process on the side of the road.<br class=""><br class="">Probably the most intimate I was with that car. Miss it, but not for that reason.<br class=""><br class="">Chris<br class="">------------------------<br class=""><br class=""><a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" class="">spridgets@autox.team.net</a><br class=""><br class="">Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html<br class="">Suggested annual donation: $12.75<br class=""><br class="">Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets http://autox.team.net/archive<br class=""><br class="">Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/dwoerpel@wi.net<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>