Kudos!
Oh, and "don't tell the kids", eh? What's it worth to you? ;-)
Laura G.
-----Original Message-----
From: Keith R. Stewart <kstewart@wwdc.com>
To: Laura G. <savercool@msn.com>; James Carpenter
<jc_carpenter@softhome.net>; Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Cc: SpitfireKP@aol.com <SpitfireKP@aol.com>; spitfires@autox.team.net
<spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, February 19, 1999 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: Subject: How big fits in a Spitfire
>My TR4 performance pales by comparison....6 adults, 3 of whom were college
>basketball players...top up, middle of winter...4 in the front, two in the
>back...I worked the pedals and steered, someone else over to my right
>somewhere shifted gears for me...obviously, from the campus to the pub.
>Only problem was, one (or more) of those basketball players stuck their
>head through the back window. Hey come to think of it, maybe that's how
>everybody fit in!
>
>BTW don't tell my kids OK?
>
>Keith
>
>----------
>> From: Laura G. <savercool@msn.com>
>> To: James Carpenter <jc_carpenter@softhome.net>; Joe Curry
><spitlist@gte.net>
>> Cc: SpitfireKP@aol.com; spitfires@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: Subject: How big fits in a Spitfire
>> Date: Friday, February 19, 1999 5:10 PM
>>
>> >Back to the subject of squeezing into a LBC Jonny from Bangor or Richard
>> >Jackson did claim to have driven a Spitfire or Herald with 18 people in
>it.
>> >All the seets had been removed, with softop removed and boot lid
>removed,
>> >but all the same an achievement.
>>
>>
>> We once fit 8 full adult sized people in my girlfriends Mini-seats and
>all.
>> Of course, we got stopped by the Carabinieri and told that half of us had
>to
>> get out. It was 2 am! We met down the street at a pub, had a drink and
>all
>> got back in for the 40 min drive back home. I always felt that whole
>evening
>> was an achievement! <G>
>>
>> Laura G. and Nigel
>>
>>
>
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