Joe,
Makes good sense. Enjoy your new acquisition!
Chuck
> ----------
> From: DeLuca, Joseph[SMTP:Joseph.DeLuca@wl.com]
> Reply To: DeLuca, Joseph
> Sent: Saturday July 22, 2000 4:39 PM
> To: 'Morgans'
> Subject: RE: Transporting a Morgan...
>
> That's 13 back-wrenching hours. No thanks! I draw
> the line at 8-hours. Now if it were my VW with the
> Recaro-style seats it would be a different story.
>
> Besides, this is it's maiden voyage (for me) and I
> don't want to find out all it's little peccadilloes
> in one miserable trip. When I purchased my '62
> 4/4 in 1985 I figured a little trip to the Poconos
> (PA) would be a good first outing and the rear wheel
> fell off on Route 80 at 65mph.
>
> This is because the fool who sold it had the car
> up on blocks previously and had slapped the wheels
> on with limp-wristed torque. And the fool who bought
> it hadn't checked. I've never bought a used car since
> without checking to see if the lug nuts were on tight.
>
> Nor have I accepted a car back from servicing without
> checking to see if I can undo the lug nuts myself
> using common roadside tools. Those danged tire shops
> use their air-guns without bothering to use a specific
> torque setting. They just tighten them until they
> turn red.
>
> That's why I wouldn't drive the Morgan home from South
> Carolina.
>
> Joe D
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vandergraaf, Chuck [mailto:vandergraaft@aecl.ca]
> > Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 4:53 PM
> > To: 'DeLuca, Joseph'
> > Cc: 'Morgans'
> > Subject: RE: Transporting a Morgan...
> >
> >
> > Joe,
> >
> > Congratulations! Hope you and your prospective 4/4 get
> > together soon. As
> > for transporting it from SC to NJ, why not drive it back? I
> > thought that
> > was the whole idea of owning a Morgan. Driving a Morgan on
> > the Blue Ridge
> > Parkway would be my idea of a "good time." Better than
> > driving it in a
> > rented Ford Pinto like I did back in 1973, when I had to go
> > from Pittsburgh
> > to Galtinburg, TN., to attend a conference.
> >
> > Chuck Vandergraaf
> > '52 +4
> > Pinawa, MB
> >
>
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