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Re: Mini Mania Swap Meet

To: "Bryan Vandiver" <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>
Subject: Re: Mini Mania Swap Meet
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 12:28:25 -0500charset="iso-8859-1"
Cc: "spridgets list" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
I thought Frank and Allen both mentioned getting racks.

Bob
-----Original Message-----
From Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver at eng.sun.com>
To: boxweed@thebest.net <boxweed@thebest.net>
Date: Monday, March 13, 2000 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: Mini Mania Swap Meet


>Bob,
>
>I only saw one other rack at the meet. Who else on the list got one??
>
> - Bryan
>
>>To: "Bryan Vandiver" <Bryan.Vandiver@eng.sun.com>
>>Cc: "spridgets list" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>>Subject: Re: Mini Mania Swap Meet
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>>It sounds like just about everyone who went to this swap meet got a chrome
>>luggage rack!!  Were they giving them away or something?!
>>
>>Bob
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>
>>To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>;
millerls@ado13.com
>><millerls@ado13.com>
>>Date: Monday, March 13, 2000 1:32 PM
>>Subject: Re: Mini Mania Swap Meet
>>
>>
>>>Hey, I didn't buy that much stuff....
>>>
>>>midget Radio console
>>>7/8 master cylinder core
>>>King dick bugeye jack (for e-bay rare jack cartel)
>>>telcamite(sp?) grease gun
>>>chrome luggage rack
>>>Lucas voltage regulator
>>>
>>>Ok, ok so maybe that could be interpreted as a lot of stuff.
>>>In any case the weather was absolutely gorgeous, I was able to drive home
>>quite
>>>comfortably in just a T-shirt, and the car was running great. On the way
>>home,
>>>we ended up playing tag on the freeway with a mid-sixties dark green
sprite
>>(not
>>>from the meet). Got the bugeye up to about 80mph, and it felt pretty
>>good;-)
>>>It was good seeing Larry at the meet, and meeting Bill & Glen. I think I
>>Ran
>>>into Gerard, but I didn't recognize him without his hat (sorry, or I
would
>>have
>>>talked more). Also saw the Dave Hill and his wife as they were heading
out.
>>>
>>> - Bryan
>>>
>>>BTW - Larry, I'm glad to hear you got the car fixed, and it was nothing
>>serious
>>>
>>> -
>>>>To: "spridgets@autox.team.net" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>>>>Subject: Mini Mania Swap Meet
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>>>>Started off in the Bugeye at about 7 AM heading for the rendezvous at
Mini
>>>>Mania with some fellow list members. Stopped for gas at a station about
5
>>>>miles from home. Filled up and was ready to head for the hiway, no way.
>>>>Clutch would not fully engage, slipping like mad.Nursed it home at the
>>>>maximum allowable speed  without slipping too much(about 40 MPH). Parked
>>it
>>>>in the garage and left in my pickup. Found Bryan right away, just
followed
>>>>the crowd to his beautiful Bugeye. Met Bill (herbytoy), Glen Byrns(Mr.
>>>>Turbo), and Dave Riker. Bill picked up a 4.22 diff and every time I saw
>>>>Bryan he had purchased something new. Somehow missed Gerard. We were up
>>>>front at 11:00 (where he mentioned in his email) but did not see him.
Ran
>>>>into Dave and he said that Gerard had left. Did not buy anything myself
>>but
>>>>did spread a lot of BS around.
>>>>
>>>>Took about 10 minutes to diagnose and fix the Bugeye when I got home.
>>Seems
>>>>the last time I was messing with the clutch (put a different type slave
on
>>>>it), I also adjusted the pushrod in the master cylinder. Well apparently
I
>>>>forgot to tighten the lock nut when I finished. It had screwed itself in
>>so
>>>>far that it was keeping the fluid from flowing back to the MC.
>>>>
>>>>Works a whole lot better now.
>>>>
>>>>Larry Miller
>>>>
>>>>
>>
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