[Shotimes] Nashville SHOtimers? also: storing and transporting an engine

[Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com]

You're gonna need an engine hoist to get it in and out.  I would think
you (well, someone) could build a cradle out of wood to hold it upright,
and to help distribute the load on the van floor.


Mike Wojton
Toledo, Ohio

-'95 White MTX
   '96 Brake Upgrade

"Avoid the clap." - Jimmy Dugan




shotimes-admin@autox.team.net wrote on 01/23/2004 02:32:35 PM:

> Any SHOtimers in Nashville TN, please raise your hand.  (Uh, contact me 
at
> vanoss@centurytel.net, please.)
> 
> Kirk Doucette is donating an SHO engine to my SHOwagon project.  (Thank 
you
> Kirk!)  He'll be in Nashville next week and could drop off the engine 
then.
> Because I am a schoolteacher with a M-F schedule, I may not be able to 
be in
> Nashville exactly when Kirk is there for a direct transfer.  So the 
engine
> may need to sit somewhere in Nashville until we can get there to pick it 
up.
> 
> I am hoping there might be a SHOtimer in Nashville who could store the
> engine for me.  It might be for a week or two (if I pick it up on a Feb.
> weekend round trip), or might be till the end of February (my parents 
will
> be passing through on the way home from Florida).  I'm working on pickup
> arrangements now.  If need be, I will dash from La Crosse WI to 
Nashville to
> pick up the engine myself.  It would be easiest if my parents could
> transport it home in their minivan.
> 
> BTW, does anyone have any suggestions about the easiest way to load and
> transport an engine in a minivan?
> 
> Any help greatly appreciated.  My recent trip to NJ proved once again 
how
> good it is to be part of this community.  (Thank you again, Bill 
Murray!)
> Thank you for letting me call upon you one more time.
> 
> Joseph van Oss
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