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Re: [Spridgets] Update from a Lurker (formerly very acitve)

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Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Update from a Lurker (formerly very acitve)
From: "Chris King" <cbking@alum.rpi.edu>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:37:49 -0800
So who's up for a trip to Tennessee? 

-=Chris
Chris King
http://home.comcast.net/~kvcbk/

<-----Original Message-----> 
>From: dlancer7676@comcast.net [dlancer7676@comcast.net]
>Sent: 2/23/2009 10:30:56 AM
>To: spridgets@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Update from a Lurker (formerly very acitve)
>
>Just an update from a most-of-the-time lurker but still interested
Spridgeteer. 
>
>The last time I corresponded with the list, other than a short reply or
two, was
>a year or so ago, when I lamented about not being able to find a short
(or other
>cause) that keeps my turn signals/brake lights from working, and thus
my not
>being able to drive, going on 2-years now, my 1979 Midget. For now, it
is
>sitting out in the driveway with whatever protection its ill-fitting
tonneau
>cover gives it. 
>
>I would like to get back to the task at hand this Spring and get it
back on the
>road. I may end up selling it because I have had some knee problems in
the past
>year that really cause problems getting in and out (or as I like to
say, putting
>on and taking off) of the car. Anyway, I am not at that point
yet--would just
>like to get it working properly and back on the road. It has a freshly
>overhauled tranny and the engine was freshened less than 2000 miles ago
(An
>engine I bought on ebay and refreshed it with cylinder conditioning,
rear
>bearing pinning, new rings and bearings, and new seals and timing
chain). It
>needs a little rust touch-up work, some body filler repair (old body
filler that
>the DPO put in it and has cracked or loosened), and a paint job real
bad. 
>
>Too bad there isn't an OSHIT team down here in East Tennessee. These
things go
>much faster and easier when there are other knowledgeable and able
folks to lean
>on. But alas, we don't have the sort of great comaraderie (sp) that
exists in
>the PA/NJ circle among Sprite/Midget owners/drivers. The trips I have
taken in
>the past to Kevin's old Tamaqua rallies have been thoroughly enjoyable
and I
>have always been impressed with the huge amount of support, both moral
and
>mechanical, those guys up there give one another (you know who your
are--If I
>try to remember names I will surely leave someone or some few out). But
you are
>one great bunch of guys. 
>
>Anyway, not asking for anything--the last time I received a lot of
great
>suggestions--I just have not been out there in the driveway crawling
around to
>implement them. Again, I hope to get to that in a month or so. Thanks
to the
>list for being there--I will probably be sending out more questions as
I go. 8^) 
>
>David C. 
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