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Re: Lucas woes and an engine too.

To: "Biff Jones" <biffjones@erols.com>, "Spridget List" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Lucas woes and an engine too.
Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 13:28:18 -0700
Biff,

Oooooooh, not 'Ole Gray'....!!! I can just imagine you face as the door
opened... you must feel sick. I hope it's limited to the bonnet at least.

Gerard

At 12:27 PM -0400 5/7/00, Biff Jones wrote:
>Well Frank yesterday was your problem day...............
>This morning mine began........   Went out and opened the garage
>door to get the mower out to do the lawn and as the door was
>going up I hear all kinds of funny (NOT) nosies.  While I'm
>trying to figure out what in H*ll is that a 12" rubber wagon
>wheel with a heavy metal center comes rolling out from under the
>door and between my feet.  After the door was up I saw another
>wheel sitting dead center of the bonnet, a propeller from my
>outboard laying on the floor, along with the remains of a glass
>bottle spread alll over the place!!!!!!!    'Ole Gray' is no
>longer show quality!  It now has 4 big dents and one big paint
>chip (prop blade shaped).  Seems a box I had stored overhead
>decided to come unglued on one end, spilling out half of it's
>contents right on the bonnet!  I have a prepaid show on the 27th
>so I need to get it fixed soon.............
>
>Biff Jones
>Pasadena, MD
>'59 Bugeye, "Kermit'
>'62 Sprite, 'Ole Gray'
>http://sprites2.homestead.com/index.html
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
>To: Spridget List <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Date: Saturday, May 06, 2000 10:13 PM
>Subject: Lucas woes and an engine too.
>
>
>>It was a great turn out at Britfest 2K. Good to see a bunch of
>east
>>coast lister show up.
>>Congrats to Biff Jones for winning an award.
>
>>Now my problem... come to a red light or toll and the Bugeye
>would pop
>>and die, fire it up and it would not run unless it was moving.
><<<<snip>>>
>>Next my signal indicator does not go out. It stays on even with
>the
>>signals off.<<<<<snip>>>>>
>>And the phone call I just got.....
>>Dad. I blew up the Sprite (PIECES) <<<snip>>>
>>Frank Clarici
>>Toms River, NJ
>>Down to only 3 Sprites, 1 Midget and an A40 Farina
>>http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut




G G              Gerard Chateauvieux
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  R R        pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com
   A A
    R G          Pixelsmith  on  Duty
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