[Spridgets] [Mgs] FW: SOS '07 for the uninitiated

[Larry Daniels]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Breneman" <david_breneman at yahoo.com>
To: <mgs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Mgs] FW: SOS '07 for the uninitiated


--- "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson at thicko.com> wrote:

> Yes. this message is for the uninitiated. Of course, the initiated
> have
> already "run the gauntlet", and know what's in store for them.

One thing you could explain to the uninitiated is what "SOS"
stands for, besides " ... --- ..." and creamed chipped beef
on toast.


David Breneman         david_breneman at yahoo.com

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David, et.al, SOS stands for Save Our Spridgets.  This is patterned after a 
group from the Eastern side of the country who coined their group as 
O.S.H.I.T., which stands for Official Spridget Handymen In Transit.

The deal is that a bunch of Spridget owners get together to help one another 
with project cars.  The SOS group gets together here in Wisconsin every 
Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving to help each other with any and all 
projects that require some attention.  I believe the OSHIT group gets 
together whenever somebody needs some help.  There is always plenty to eat 
and drink and plenty of help for those who need it.

Last year a bunch of guys flew and/or drove to Anaheim, CA to help a 
Spridget lister put his Bugeye together.  They started with a bare, but 
painted, body with not one other piece on it and completely built the car 
and had it running down the street in 3 days.  The owner had run into health 
problems and could not reassemble the car, so a bunch got together from as 
far away as New Jersey and New York and built it for him.  He had bought the 
car brand new and he and his wife had their first date in it.  So, you can 
see, it just had to be completed for them.  That little adventure was done 
for a lister who goes by the name of Buster and it was called the Buster 
Cluster.

Sound interesting?  Sound like fun?  Maybe somebody can start something 
similar for MGB's.  It's great camaraderie and a super way to meet listers 
with whom you have been emailing back and forth for ages, but have never 
met.  Think about it.

I am cross-posting this to the Spridget list.  If any of you might want to 
ask any questions on how to do this, fire away on the Spridget list.


Larry Daniels

79 MGB LE
60 Bugeye
67 Austin A60 Pickup (Ute)

"You only need two tools: WD-40 and Duct Tape. If it
doesn't move and should, use the WD-40. If it
shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape."