That must be a good feeling - to get the old 100
out of mothballs and go for a spin.
Dick J
--- Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net> wrote:
> Okay Dick.... you sparked an interest... I just
> got back from a trip around
> the block in the Hundred.... I even managed to
> do this without writing down
> all the things that need fixing to be truly
> road worthy....( just the
> brakes.. my what a shock a Brit car with bad
> brakes...)
>
> Walked in to the garage... pulled the cover off
> it it... attached the
> battery cable.... Cranked right off.... and
> away we went..
> ( I do start it every now and then just to run
> the motor )
>
> I even got a couple of digital Pictures... I
> will post them somewhere
> tomarrow...
>
> Keith ( Big SMILE on my face... man I love that
> car!!!)( now that is a
> Sickness)( Ed it's just like putting that
> Harley...same deal.... easy way to
> fix a Blah Attitude )
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
> To: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; "Ed Van Scoy"
> <edvs@uswest.net>; "Land
> Speed List" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 12:48 PM
> Subject: Re: Car Sickness
>
>
> > You caught one of my favorite deals.... Folks
> always talk about the one
> they
> > wish they still had....
> >
> > Mine is sitting in my upper garage... it's a
> 1956 Austin Healey 100
> nothing
> > really fancy but I restored it from 79-84 and
> still have it.... It's the
> car
> > I will Never sell.... my kids may one day...
> but I heard that story in so
> > many variations that I knew Money would never
> replace it... I paid 1200
> for
> > it.... spent 10,000 on it over all those
> years.... ( painting cars for
> other
> > folks to earn the money ) Paid alot of dues
> to own that car... even
> bought
> > it from my first wife.... ( does that mean I
> bought it twice?) Some folks
> > ask me why I don't drive it more... or at all
> sometimes.... and the reason
> > is that it's special.. to no one but me.... I
> go through phases where it's
> > important and I play with it.... but like
> right now it's resting for a
> > couple of years... it's not being hurt by
> sitting.... I know what I have
> to
> > do to get it out of storage... and I will one
> of these days just to get a
> > Picture.... Hmmm
> >
> > Keith
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> > To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; "Ed Van
> Scoy" <edvs@uswest.net>; "Land
> > Speed List" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 12:32 PM
> > Subject: Car Sickness
> >
> >
> > > The other day my son and I were reminiscing
> about
> > > some of the "cool cars" I have owned. He
> asked
> > > me just how many cars I have owned, since
> there
> > > had definitely been many. I started to
> count
> > > them up and finally resorted to the
> computer to
> > > assemble a list. At current count, I have
> owned
> > > 146 cars and still adding (everytime I look
> at
> > > the list I remember another one that I had
> > > overlooked). My ex-wife said it was a
> sickness
> > > and that I needed help. Does anybody else
> on
> > > this list have this same sickness. Please,
> > > somebody, tell me you have had more cars
> than I
> > > have - - I hate to think I'm the sickest
> one out
> > > here.
> > >
> > > "Cool Cars" that I have owned and wish I
> still
> > > had: Porsche Speedster $300, '40 Ford
> coupe
> > > $300, Max Wedge Dodge $250, Alfa Romeo
> Super
> > > Leggera $300, Devin "C" $1500, 62 vette
> $75, 57
> > > Chev "Black Widow" fuelie $800, 427
> Fairlane
> > > $750! Awww man, I'm gettin sicker just
> thinking
> > > about it all!
> > >
> > > =====
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> > > * Dick J *
> > > * (In East Texas) *
> > > * # 729 *
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