smart woman that wife of yours.
----- Original Message -----
From <grbyrns at ucdavis.edu>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 8:03 PM
Subject: engine is coming together
> I've been to the machine shop in Sacramento 4 times this week as the
bugeye
> motor is in intensive care. Tomorrow I should get back the fitted
> pistons/rods and finish re-assembly. Whew! It looks like the rebuild
> (whatever that means after the last thread) will run me about $700. Of
> course I hadn't counted on the burned piston (thanks Peter, the new set is
> perfect)and the worn intake valve stems/guides. What the heck, I'm lead
> free now, everythings up to spec and its painted up like a <crude simile
> deleted>. With a long Friday night in the garage I might be ready for the
> rain to let up on Saturday and head out for a test drive.
>
> My wife is starting to give me the eyeball as her Traveller sits on the
back
> burner while the bugeye gets heart surgery. Rearranging the pile of
> varnished wood bits didn't fool her for a minute.
>
>
> Regards,
> Glen Byrns
> '59 Bugeye
> '59 Morris Traveller
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