Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:

 RW>> It isn't a Blue Flame 6cyl Chevy, it's a 94 MB with all kinds of
 RW>> covers over everything. i.e. Corvettes have coil covers, but if you
 RW>> remove the covers, the engine doesn't look any different than what
 RW>> is in a Z28. The covers are there to 'beautify' the engine for the
 RW>> novice engine looker.

 RN> Hey!  (-:

FYI, my friend Harry would turn MB jobs away because he wasn't inclined to
work on them. He was even reluctant to take a MB for free that somebody
paid the towing fees on to get it out of their yard. Harry fixed it, but
didn't want anything more to do with it and put a for sale sign on it.

Last I saw of it was when the new owner drove it off after it had sat at
the shop for months with that for sale sign on it. He brought it back the
next day, wanting Harry to do some work on it. Harry declined to even
listen to what the guy wanted done.

Dunno why but any other German made cars (except V8 Porche') were
acceptabe to work on. The real money is in fixing Asian cars because
they're plentiful and so easy to diagnose and fix compared to European
cars.

 RW>>>> While you're at it, you might want to get a black light and find
 RW>>>> your freon leak...

 RN>>> I don't believe there is one.  The MB is the car we put the Red
 RN>>> Angel in. However, I'll check it to be sure.

 RW>>> So, you're just now getting around to re-charging the system, why?

 RN>> It hasn't been charged or checked since last April.

 RW>> Does the AC work?

 RN> It will as soon as I recharge it.

8^)

 RN>>> I never took any martial arts classes.  I figured the training I
 RN>>> had in football would be enough, but as the body gets older, it
 RN>>> more and more refuses to do what the mind tells it to do.  (-:

 RW>>> I never played on any high school or college football teams. Sand
 RW>>> lot, yeah, but didn't have time for a 'season' of football. Too
 RW>>> busy with cars and the girls. While everybody was at the game, I
 RW>>> was in the back seat of my 1940 Ford with Suzie Smith...

 RN>> I liked the front seat of my '57 Bel Air.  Way more room.

 RW>> I was a high school student in that year. Not having the income to
 RW>> buy a new Chevy, I opted for a $50 V8 Ford. I suppose that had I
 RW>> followed my father's advice, I would have bought a fat body (41-48)
 RW>> Chevy (big back seats), but then, those weren't up to my
 RW>> expectations of a real car at the time...

 RN> That was my first new car.  My first car was a Jeep station wagon w/4
 RN> wheel drive.  I forget what year it was now, but I bought it from my
 RN> boss at the time and although it was dependable, it was top heavy, so
 RN> I had to slow down going around sharp curves lest it turn over.

That was my grandfather's first new car too. A 1941 Chevy Deluxe tudor,
maroon. I always wanted that car, but he eventually traded it in for a 52
Pontiac, maroon in color.


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