Beautiful! It's in great shape for a cast away! I love
deals like that! Congrats on your new addition!
Dan Dwelley
77 Midget
Alexandria, Va.
--- Dave Bohler <bohler@hooked.net> wrote:
> The Story of The New Project Car (Queenie)
>
> On Friday, March 31 our son (Joe) called and said he
> knew someone who had
> an MG to give away.............. that is all the
> info we had. I (Peggy)
> called
> the guy and said "I'll take it." Still no more
> information. Then I
> sent my husband (Dave) a page that said:
> "I just adopted an MG
> We need to pick it up
> Sat (tomorrow) at 10a.m.
> Petaluma - doesn't run."
> That got his attention! I called the guy back and
> found out it was a
> Midget... actually I was hoping for an A or a
> B.....but the price was
> right. So far.
>
> Saturday morning we grabbed breakfast on the run and
> went to see the little
> orphan. Seems the guy neglected to tell me it had
> no right front fender...
> and a few other things. :o) I took one look at
> this pitiful little car
> and said to myself (Dave's going to say "no".) He
> then informed the guy
> we couldn't take it home then but would make
> arrangements to have it towed
> on Monday. (So much for my reading his mind.)
> Actually, he really
> likes the wire wheels..... <G> Turns out this car
> was left in the garage
> when these people bought the house last autumn and
> they moved it out into
> the yard at that time. The previous owner signed
> the registration and
> abandoned it.
>
> Sunday we took my car on a nice day trip......this
> is a car I acquired last
> spring for $1. It is the one that was in a
> farmer's pasture with the
> steer, rams, etc. It is now a beautiful and fun
> car and we will be taking
> it to Monterey in May.
>
> Monday morning found me at the tow office -- their
> truck was to be
> available in the afternoon -- so I ran my errands
> and awaited their call --
> finally turned out their flatbed had it's run
> extended when the people had
> their car taken to South SFo instead of San
> Rafael........ so forget it for
> Monday. I told the guy if we went for it on Tuesday
> it would have to be
> morning..... I had a full day planned.
>
> Tuesday morning. Overslept. After my morning
> caffeine, I got ready and
> went out to the tow office to tell them it probably
> wouldn't work out today
> and maybe we could do it Saturday or next Monday.
> As I walked into the
> office the dispatcher was talking to the truck
> driver and setting up the
> tow (he saw me coming and probably figured I was
> going to get on his case).
> He said the driver would be back in to the office
> in about fifteen
> minutes and would head north (about 15 miles) and
> that they would let me
> know when he was on his way. I drove up to wait for
> him. He showed up
> right after I did!!
>
> Now, the house we were to get the car from is on an
> old narrow street that
> is made even harder to access by being two level
> with a fence down the
> middle of most of it. I didn't think the flatbed
> could get back there, but
> the homeowner told me of course it could.........
> it couldn't.
>
> The driver (Mark) called a local tow company and
> they sent out a 'regular'
> tow truck which barely could maneuver to back into
> the narrow drive from
> the narrow street. The car was across the yard from
> the driveway. So they
> strung the cable across the yard "kitty corner" and
> got it out of the dirt
> and up (a minimum 6 inch dropoff) onto the concrete
> and over to the truck.
> The air held up in the tires til they got it out to
> the end of the
> driveway. (This car has been parked since 1985.)
> Driver #2 unhooked the
> car and then drove his truck up the street to park
> it. Mark (driver #1)
> and Driver #2 (who reminded me of Crash Ramsey)
> pushed the car down the
> street to the flatbed so it could be loaded.
>
> Driver #2 left. Mark put Queen on the flatbed and
> brought her home.
> I paid the tow charges when I got home and asked
> Mark how I was to pay the
> other company since the guy just left.......... he
> said no charge for that,
> they were just helping out!
>
> So then I went in the house and did a bit of work
> (checked my Email) --
> went out to go to the grocery store and found I had
> left my headlights on
> and the battery in the van was dead! Now, I could
> have driven an LBC, but
> since I had to go pick up two teenagers a bit later
> that wouldn't
> work......so back into the house and called
> AAA.........they sent a tow
> truck (from the same company) to get my van started.
> I did my grocery
> shopping; ran up to pick up two teenagers; back
> home; prepared for a
> birthday supper for the 13 year
> old..................whew! We had a nice
> evening of eating and visiting. The dishes are in
> the dishwasher.
>
> Now the Queen is in the driveway and ready for a lot
> of work and TLC. The
> poor thing has really been abused......I think it is
> a good thing David
> can't get ahold of the previous owner. We did find
> amongst the pile of
> stuff they had packed in the car a brand new top
> (never been out of the
> box, hope it isn't suffering from dry rot or
> something). We hope it will
> fit Kermit (Dave's '78 MG). We will need to take
> inventory and scope out
> just what we have here. Then a trip to the DMV to
> see what we will see
> about registration. Our son will be bringing down
> the additional barrel of
> parts on Saturday. Sound like fun? Maybe we can
> have a pizza party one
> day and those close enough can come over and scope
> it out.....maybe. Right
> now I'm too tired to think about it.
>
> So it begins................
>
> Photos can be found at:
> http://www.geocities.com/bohlerbunch/Queenie.html
>
>
>
>
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Dan Dwelley
77 Midget
Alexandria, Va.
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