Does he have a brother in New Mexico? hehe. Nice to hear you have good
neighbors.
Leah Olsen wrote:
> Hi guys! (and gals!) Here's a story for ya. My neighbor across the
> street, is an 87 year old man. He had a stroke 20 years ago. It left
> him unable to clearly communicate. Johnny can usually say what he
> wants, but in broken sentences. A couple of days ago, while my husband
> and I were looking at the engine, trying to figure out what we may need
> to start it up, Johnny came over. He said, " You need...here, here, and
> here," pointing at various missing parts including spark plug wires,
> battery cables, and some other wire. He then noticed that I have one
> head lamp bucket that was rusted out completely. "New one" he said,
> then shuffled back home. Then yesterday he returned with a used set of
> spark plug wires, a battery cable, an odd wire, (he showed us where to
> put it) and a beautiful black head lamp bucket!!! Fits perfectly!! We
> finally got him to tell us that he has an AD Chevy in a pole barn on the
> old farm where he lived years ago. His son now lives there, but Johnny
> goes over for coffee almost everyday. He had seen what parts we needed,
> and took them off of his own truck for us and brought them home!! He
> came over today, took his knuckles and pounded on all four fenders, and
> said, " These...no good! New ones!" And off he went. Blow me over if
> Johnny brings me new fenders tomorrow!! I'll tell you this, It's fellas
> like this that inspire me! We can learn alot from guys like Johnny!
>
> Leah Olsen
> '53 Chevy 3600
> Baldwin, WI
>
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