Bryan,
The Bugeye resides in the garage next to my wife's E-320 Benz and the brand
new
truck stays outside. Got to have your priorities straight!
Mike
Bryan Vandiver wrote:
> Mike,
>
> Is it white??? if not, you may be OK, but just to be safe, make sure you keep
> both cars at least 50 feet apart, and NEVER park the sprite anywhere behind
>the
> F150. As an extra precaution, make sure there is some kind of barrier between
> the truck and bugeye at all times.
>
> :-) - Bryan Vandiver
>
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> >To: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@eng.sun.com>
> >CC: spridgets@autox.team.net, grbyrns@ucdavis.edu
> >Subject: Re: Got my dream car.
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> >I just bought a new Ford F-150. Does this mean I'm going to back over my own
> >Bugeye?
> >Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
> >
> >Bryan Vandiver wrote:
> >
> >> That's beautiful man! (uncontrollable sobbing) I hope you and your bugeye
> have
> >> many (sob) happy (sob) years (sob) together!
> >>
> >> Oh - BTW, when you get it finished and start driving it around... Don't
>ever
> >> park behind a Ford F150, especially if it's white.
> >>
> >> Regards - Bryan Vandiver (59-sprite) in need of new bonnet
> >> San Jose, CA
> >>
> >> >MIME-Version: 1.0
> >> >To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> >> >Subject: Got my dream car.
> >> >
> >> >A short story to share with the list.
> >> > In 1979 I was 17 years old and interested in cars. A young man
>across
> >> the street bought a 59 bugeye for
> >> >$500 and set to work restoring it. In the process, he taught me
>everything
> he
> >> knew about car repair as I
> >> >passed him the wrenches. I went off to college and he drove off in a
> beautiful
> >> red bugeye with a tricked out
> >> >948cc.
> >> >
> >> >Thirty years passed.
> >> >
> >> > I reconnected with the 'young man' from across the street last
>month.
> >> That bugeye had been sitting in
> >> >his gargage for the last 12 years. Now green, sporting a bored and ported
> >> 1275cc with a single SU feeding a
> >> >Rayjay turbocharger. After a brief period of pathetic pleading from the
> >> kneeling position the car is mine.
> >> >Trailered to Davis, CA and tucked safely in MY garage. Total restoration
> now
> >> under way slated for completion
> >> >this spring.
> >> > Multiple queries about the best way to do this or that will hit the
> list
> >> in the winter months to
> >> >follow.
> >> > Regards, Glen Byrns
> >
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