Wow - wgat a great way to keep noisy neighbors away!! ;-)
That is pretty cool that he helped you like that. So what was your time
and did you win??
Larry
>>>>On 3/11/00 12:54 PM so and so (kate & gary) said. (And I quote:)
>I had mine off and was ready to install the new one. As soon as he
>finished his
>run, he drove the Sprite onto his trailer and got the slave off. From the
>time we
>started working on the Midget until I got in line for my second run was
>not much
>more than 10 minutes. The only injury was the wrist I had broken about 4
>days
>earlier when I fell off the truck while loading hay. It was not bleeding,
>but my
>nextdoor neighbors ears probably still were - I was removing the transmission
>from my other car the night before and it dropped on the wrong wrist. I
>had not
>lived in the house very long, and it was several months before she would
>talk to
>me.
>Kate
>
>Larry Macy wrote:
>
>> Wow Kate, THat is pretty cool. But how in the he-double-hockeysticks did
>> you do a slave cylinder swap in 10 min. Did that include bleeding??
>>
>> Larry
>>
>> >>>>On 3/10/00 8:54 PM so and so (kate & gary) said. (And I quote:)
>>
>> >Hi,
>> >It has been my experience that this is typical of almost all the Spridget
>> >owners that I have met. As an example, a few years ago I was autocrossing
>> >my Midget when the slave cylinder failed. An aquaintance who was there
with
>> >a Sprite saw my problem and said I could borrow his after he made his
second
>> >run. As soon as he was off the course, he yarded the slave out of his car
>> >and in about 10 minutes my Midget was up and running. The TV news crew was
>> >on the scene and the reporter could not believe what he was seeing! It
>> >really is too bad that the world is not populated with more Spridget
people.
>> >
>> >Kate
>> >
>> >Mike Maclean wrote:
>> >
>> >> Listers,
>> >> Yesterday Bob and Annice Kitterer came over to my house for, as Bob
>> >> put it, a Sprite Day. Bob and Annice had suggested and volunteered to
>> >> come over my place for a day and help with the restoration work on my
>> >> Bugeye. These are nice people! Bob worked hard all day with me on the
>> >> brake piping and did a tremendous job. He also helped me finish up the
>> >> windshield wiper installation which required even more bending and
>> >> tweaking of pipes. Thgere's just something about being able to get help
>> >> from an original Bugeye owner that has restored his car twice!
>> >> I met the Kitterers on this list and accepted an invitation to a
>> >> meet in San Diego last year to meet them in person. When I told them I
>> >> was coming, they sent me discount coupons for the big attractions in San
>> >> Diego. I sure hope these people typify the other people on this list.
>> >> This was just plain hard work that the kitterer's gave their time
>> >> for yesterday and I hope they know how much it was really appreciated.
>> >> Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
>>
>> Larry Macy
>> 78 Midget
>>
>> Keep your top down and your chin up.
>>
>> Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
>> macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
>> System Manager/Administrator
>> Neuropsychiatry Section
>> Department of Psychiatry
>> University of Pennsylvania
>> 3400 Spruce St. - 10 Gates
>> Philadelphia, PA 19104
>>
>> Ask a question and you're a fool for three minutes; do not ask a
>> question and you're a fool for the rest of your life.
Larry Macy
78 Midget
Keep your top down and your chin up.
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Manager/Administrator
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 10 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Ask a question and you're a fool for three minutes; do not ask a
question and you're a fool for the rest of your life.
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