- 1. Grounded! (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 23:43:56 -0800
- Of the few days I get to work on my car to try to finish the restoration, today was a good one and it was a bad one. It seems that the more I try to get the car finished, the longer the list of thing
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg01027.html (8,768 bytes)
- 2. Re: Grounded! (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 06:03:43 EST
- << It seems that the more I try to get the car finished, the longer the list of things to do to finish it becomes. >> Wonder why that sounds so damned familiar!!! 8^) --David C.
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg01030.html (7,031 bytes)
- 3. Re: Grounded! (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 09:41:14 -0800
- Congratulations! You only have a few things to change/replace/repair before you and the car are road worthy. Not bad. Keep in mind all that you have done to get this far. Amazing isn't it. First tes
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg01041.html (9,957 bytes)
- 4. Re: Grounded! (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 20:38:47 -0800
- The first test drive keeps getting further and further away. The list of small jobs to finish to make the car roadworthy is still kinda long. Funny though, I remember when I used to drive a Bugeye as
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg01087.html (10,756 bytes)
- 5. Re: Grounded! (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 23:41:09 -0800
- Owning/restoring a Spridget is parallel to "how do you eat an elephant... one bite at a time." ...chew well, enjoy the flavor. Stand back, view what you've accomplished, take another bite. herb
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg01092.html (11,558 bytes)
- 6. RE: Grounded! (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 00:42:10 -0800 m>
- and take pictures too! Keep us updated so we can enjoy the progression and accomplishments. The first test drive is for you to enjoy :P Toby Mike, Owning/restoring a Spridget is parallel to "how do y
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg01096.html (10,981 bytes)
- 7. Re: Grounded! (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 06:10:44 -0500
- Mike: In my old days I was less fussy.....the trip was still a go if I could pump the brake pedal fast enough to get a little pressure for a stop. Of course that was a Tr**h. list of small Funny thou
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg01098.html (11,601 bytes)
- 8. Re: Grounded! (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 14:35:13 EST
- I thought the technique was handbrake (parking brake) while switching on the lights! duhh << .the trip was still a go if I could pump the brake pedal fast enough to get a little pressure for a stop.
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg01117.html (7,311 bytes)
- 9. Re: Grounded! (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 14:07:39 -0800
- I have an album that starts from basket case and progresses up to today. Lots of pictures of all phases of restoration. The hardest part is picking out the most representative without leaving out to
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg01133.html (12,801 bytes)
- 10. Re: Grounded! (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 14:18:36 -0800
- Yes, you bring back fond memories. In 1972 I owned a 59 TR-3, but the brakes worked, which didn't help much when I was t-boned by a '57 Plymouth while I was making an illegal left turn. Accident was
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg01134.html (12,884 bytes)
- 11. Re: Grounded! (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 16:53:50 -0600
- Hmmmm.. maybe it wasn't a law, but a belief. You were the pioneer! <g> Peter C
- /html/spridgets/2000-11/msg01137.html (7,823 bytes)
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