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To: spridgets@autox.team.net, mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: LBC "cruise"
From: Thecarguru@aol.com
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 00:47:12 EDT
Reply-to: Thecarguru@aol.com
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I couldnt just sit here and let a beaut of a Sunday evening go to waste.
Fired up the Midget,(I had not even started it since putting in the new main 
and rod bearings on Friday) put the top down, and took what ended up a 39 
mile "cruise" never going more than about five or six miles from home. 
I saw (just up the road about a mile and a half) chrome bumpered wire wheeled 
pale blue (where it wasnt cracked, bondoed and rusting) MGB GT which appeared 
to be parked in the "for sale" fashion, but if it had a sign in the window it 
had fallen off. 
About twenty minutes later an early model Fiat Spyder went by, waving as I 
was also waving. Top down.
About twenty minutes after that I passed a red rubber bumper MGB with what 
looked like "LE" style wheels, top down, getting ready to hit the road again 
it appeared.
A kid driving the family SUV shouted "nice car!" as I turned an intersection 
in a development. All I could do was wave, as he had already passed me before 
he shouted.
Eventually darkness fell, and the top went back up as all I had on was a tee 
shirt and shorts. The heater really cranks, but my neck and shoulders were 
not up to the  chill thanks to yesterdays "exercise" (transmission swap on 89 
Tempo)
So, my little "cruise" slash "test drive" brought out the smile factor in 
quite a neat way.Only hitch- the "Radio Shack" bulb I put in the fuel gauge a 
mere two months ago (almost to the DAY feb 12) has burned out already. And 
that was with the rheostat turned down from 'glaring" to "comfortably lit" 
At least Im ready for the Tulip Rallye next Saturday in LaConner Washington.
 
Gary
75 Midget daily use
75 Midget project car

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