Thanks David. I just assumed that by '71 it was always there. Either way -
it is certainly a happier little sportscar with one mounted!
- David Booker
--- On Sun, 10/12/08, David Lieb <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com> wrote:
From: David Lieb <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Proud dad and a new swaybar too - second try
To: tncarnut1@yahoo.com
Date: Sunday, October 12, 2008, 9:10 AM
It is perfectly possible that your 71, like my 72, did not have that option
installed when purchased. It WAS an OPTION. If it had been "deleted"
in an
"incident", it would have taken a lot more than a tap to make it
right
again.
David L
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Booker" <tncarnut1@yahoo.com>
To: "spridget" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 11:32 PM
Subject: [Spridgets] Proud dad and a new swaybar too - second try
> My 13 year old gearhead-in-training son did the entire mounting job of the
> new
> swaybar today. I was showing him how to drill out a sheared-off bolt, how
> a
> tap works (one for threads, not for beer) and explaining the physics of
> how a
> swaybar helps keep a car flat in a curve, when he said he wanted to mount
> the
> bar. He proceeded to do the entire project by himself. All I did was a
> final
> snug-up of the various bolts and then back it down off the ramps for a
> test
> drive.
>
> What a difference! I'm driving a different car today than the one
I've
> been
> in for the past year. The original swaybar on my car was apparently lost
> in
> the same event that folded the front tie-down loops flat against the
> frame.
> So I've been cruising around without one all this time. Found a used
one
> a
> few weeks ago for $10 including links, although turns out it had two left
> links (Thank you Frank for trading me a right for one of the lefts).
>
> Anyway, today Kyle and I went out looking for elusive curvy bits of Long
> Island roads and were truly impressed with the difference. More than
> that,
> I'm proud of Kyle for not only showing interest, but aptitude for
LBC's!
>
> David Booker
> '71 Midget
> Long Island
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