Sam.... I enjoyed reading your post.... it's what having a Healey is all
about.... I know the feeling well... If we have nothing else it common I
think all of us know that special bond and enjoy the sound.... Fun stuff....
Keith Turk ( http://downtown.ala.net/~kturk/camaro3001.htm )
----- Original Message -----
From "Sam Hochberg" <sam at hochberg.com>
To: "Mail List, Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 5:49 PM
Subject: Spring Fever (2)
> I'm pretty new to this list, been lurking for a few weeks, and not even
sure if I'm sending this
> correctly - this is partly a test of that, thanks for bearing with me.
I'm in the Chicago
> area, and this has been the worst winter in recent memory as far as being
able to get the Sprite
> ('68) out of hibernation for an occasional mid-winter warmup...it's either
been too cold, snowy,
> or the streets were covered with Sprite dissolver (salt). Well, it was
sunny today and felt
> far warmer than the high-30's the weatherman said it was, and the
withdrawal symptoms were
> pretty bad since attending the Brit Car Swap Meet the Chicagoland MG club
does up at a nearby
> county fairground annually, so I couldn't resist trying to fire up the
long-dormant Sprite this
> morning. After a short time on the battery charger, I got in to turn the
engine a bit to build
> up lube and pressure before pulling out the choke to really start it.
Darn thing almost
> started up before I even pulled out the choke! After 9 years of
ownership I can still say
> something I never thought I'd ever say: That darn Sprite is darn near
the most reliable car
> I've ever had! I grabbed my wife and we went for a most enjoyable
country drive....which is
> when I realized I'd developed quite a case of the above-mentioned spring
fever. Hopefully
> we'll get more weather like this soon. For those of you less fortunate
than us...hang in
> there!
> If you're wondering what the point of this rant is...so am I; I mostly
wanted to test the
> method for posting to this list as I get it in digest form, not sure if
just replying works so I
> may send this two different ways...thanks for the (bandwidth) patience.
> ...Sam Hochberg
> '68 Sprite Mk. IV
> '73 911 Targa
> '97 Japanese Characterless
> http://sam.hochberg.com/scscc/
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