...any houses for sale on your street Chuck?
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Charles Christ wrote:
> 4pm thursady. all is well with the world untill i go to visit my bugeye
> after it being in storage since a motor sports expo early last december.
> arrrgh! it ran when i parked it! bad cell in the battery! shazam!!! a new
> batt! ok so since i need to drive it about 16-18 miles friday evening in
> virginia beach(vintage race car parade from oceanna n.a.s. to beach and
> back). so since the tach drive generator i have is no good decided to put
> standard generator on! wizard of an idea! it charges! an oil change, and
> fire it up to check oil pressure and it dies! ran out of fuel! send friend
> out to get 5 gallons of cam2 racing fuel. so now i decide to test drive it
> up the road and turn around come in yard and position it to be put on the
> trailer! i get half way up my road and a restored ford model t is coming my
> way down the road on my side of the road! FREAK OUT!!!! ok he gets over
> i just wave and think to myself "hmm that couldhave been an upseting end to
> my day huh?". i get back home and said model t is sitting in my driveway!
> oh god who have i offended now i think. the fellow introduces himself and
> asks if i know how theese cars go together? he explains he has had one
> dismantled in storage for 20 years and it is a 1960 bugeye. i'm thinking
> thank god a friendly visit from a stranger. he asks if he can stop by with
> any items he is not shure of and ask questions? my reply? heck yeah! i
> ask him if he knows who has been running around the neighborhood with a nice
> red mk1 midget? he replies it is his! i'm thinking, even better ,a
> car-o-holic! a true automotive enthusiast! someone who owns a model t and
> lbc's too! oh boy i got a new car buddy in my already auto laden
> neighborhood! 50 chevy convert and a 59 vette and a 51 chevy police car on
> one side of my house. 37 ford street rod , 32 ford 1950's stock car, 31 or
> 32 buick cabriolet on other side of my house. 2 doors up restores vintage
> farm tractors. catacorner across the street lives a mud racing blown small
> block jeep cj. down at the gas station (2 doors down) lives a quarter
> midget. all this and a new car buddy up the street too!!!! oh boy!
> leaving at midnight for va. beach vintage race . catch up with all of the
> antics here monday after a breif nap and some unloading of stuff and car.
> be well all! larry&allen, it's gonna be nice this weekend! so play nice
> out there!
> btw! all of the above test drive their toys up my street evry so often!
> neighbor comes out and waves a checkered flag when i go by on my return
> pass. i just love country living!
>
> chuck.
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