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Re: [Re: [Sorry!]]

To: "Denis STEVENS" <dstevens@online.fr>,
Subject: Re: [Re: [Sorry!]]
From: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
Date: 10 Sep 2001 20:49:51 EDT
One requirement of Hillman ownership is a sense of humor and the ability to
laugh at oneself. 

I will be taking the Avenger to the TE/AE meet in Virginia.  Hope some other
Hillmans show up.

Jan Eyerman
1959 Hillman Minx Series III DeLuxe
1973 Hillman Avenger DL





"Denis STEVENS" <dstevens@online.fr> wrote:
Hi, Steve and Jan

No matter people noticed or not right next block or 30 miles away. As a
matter of fact, below mails made me laugh thousand miles away (France) !
Keep up with this great sense of derision !

Denis
'66 SV

----- Original Message -----
From: Jan Eyerman <jan.eyerman@usa.net>
To: Steve Laifman <SLaifman@SoCal.RR.com>; Tigers Den
<tigers@autox.team.net>; Alpines Peak <alpines@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 5:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Sorry!]


> At 8:45 AM EST on Saturday, September 8 I started my 1959 Hillman Minx
with 1
> 1/2 inch exhaust pipe going into a stock, original equipment Hillman Minx
> muffler and a pertronix ignitor with a Bosch 12 volt coil.  The car was in
the
> garage under my house, and even revving the engine to nearly 4000 RPM so
that
> it had enough power to crawl over the slight upgrade out of the garage, it
did
> not wake the dog up.  In fact, people living in houses only a few hundred
feet
> away didn't even notice.
>
> 30 miles away also didn't know and didn't care!
>
> Jan Eyerman
> 1959 Hillman Minx Series III DeLuxe "Stealth" model
> 1973 Hillman Avenger DL
>
>
>
>
>
> Steve Laifman <SLaifman@SoCal.RR.com> wrote:
> Beamers.
>
> at 4:58 PM West Cost DST, I started up my Tiger with the 2 1/2 inch
> exhausts pipes into the 30 series Flowmasters, and the Pertronix II
> Ignitor with the Super High Voltage coil.
>
> The result far exceeded my expectations of loudness, and rumble.  I
> understand the rumble was heard as far away as West Hollywood, some 30
> miles away, and reported as a 4.2 magnitude quake.
>
> Please do not tell anyone it was me.
>
> Steve
> --
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