[Spridgets] Rusty RIP

[Jack Laird]

And just who else do we know that the scrap metal guy comes by on a weekly 
basis?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Clarici" <spritenut at comcast.net>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 9:12 PM
Subject: [Spridgets] Rusty RIP


> After work tonight 4:30, I started ripping into Rusty.
> In 10 minutes the hood, boot lid, fenders, seats, and front apron were
> out for trash. Then it was dinner time. Just before dinner the scrap
> metal guy pulled up and loaded all of the above. He took some old rims
> and bits from the 67 too.
> After dinner and a couple of phone calls, I took out the engine and some
> other bits people on the list wanted. By 8:30 I started cutting, then
> Jim called, then I finished cutting the front end off, I need to unbolt
> the rack for Jim and I can't throw out the shox, Peter will get them.
> By 9;15 my last sawzall blade broke and I was on my 6th Gook Electric
> light bulb, what's up with bulbs these days? I never moved the drop
> light and went thru 6 bulbs in 4 hours! GE USED to bring good things to
> light, now it's cheap chink made bulbs that last 5 minutes each.
> Anyway, engine trans out, steering column out, front end off the car
> sort of, and I got 1/2 way thru the tunnel when my blade snapped.
> OK, I wasn't real neat with this but I did yank the engine in about 15
> minutes, it took that long to drain the coolant and tranny oil while I
> was wrenching. I can't understand why some people plan a weekend to do
> things like drop the gas tank or pull an engine.
> On the cold winter nights ahead I will rebuild this engine for my 67.
> It's still around 40* so I can slap bondo and taco bell wrappers on the
> 67 til it gets cold out then rip into the engine. Or maybe rip into the
> engine while the bondo is drying.
> You saw the pics last night, It takes me an hour to figure out how to
> get the pics from the camera to the internet, so what you see is less
> than 5 hours work. 1 sawzall blade, 2 cut off wheels, and a bloody 
> knuckle.
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~spritenut/rusty8.jpg
> http://home.comcast.net/~spritenut/rusty9.jpg
> http://home.comcast.net/~spritenut/rusty10.jpg
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> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
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