And Father - Daughter projects, too.
My oldest did a lot of work helping me getting the Midget running again a
few years ago. And my youngest daughter learned to drive in that same
Midget.
Larry
At this exact moment in time 2/19/01 7:40 PM, "Mike Maclean"
<macleans@earthlink.net> made the profound statement:
> Hooray for my son. He loves helping and riding in the car. When I told him
> that when he got old enough to drive, I'd teach him to drive the Bugeye, you
> should have seen his face!
> These cars are great father-son projects.
> Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
>
> "Paul A. Asgeirsson" wrote:
>
>> Hooray for Mike and his son!
>>
>> Paul A
>>
>> FROM: Mike Maclean, INTERNET:macleans@earthlink.net
>> TO: Spridgets, INTERNET:spridgets@autox.team.net
>> DATE: 2/19/01 5:44 PM
>>
>> Re: Sweet Sound
>>
>>
>> Took the Bugeye out for trial runs yesterday to check out the
>> adjustments I made to the carbs. Got them dialed in pretty good now and
>> the car does not miss a beat. The sound is beautiful. Now I remember
>> why these are so much fun. Just putting around my housing tract because
>> we are on private streets and I have not registered the car yet. The
>> only problem is, they put in TALL speed bumps a couple years after I
>> moved in here. I thought it was a good thing because there are children
>> everywhere, but it's a pain in the a** when your test driving a Bugeye.
>> I have not had it in 4th gear yet. Not enough room between the speed
>> bumps. I guess I'll have to break down and get some insurance (what
>> kind?) so I can take it out on the road next.
>> While I was driving around the tract an 17 or 18 year old kid saw
>> me and yelled, "Neat car!" I never got that in my wife's $57,000
>> Mercedes or my big Ford pickup. A ten year old friend of my son's came
>> over to the car because my 10 year old son was co-pilot yesterday. He
>> asked, "Did you make this car?" It sure doesn't look like anything
>> that's on the road these days and kids gravitate to it. Life is good.
>> Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
>>
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>
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Administrator/Manager
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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