On Thu Mar-28-2013 10:07, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:

 RW> Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:

 RN> My Mercedes is a 4-cyl.

 RW> Sad...really sad.

Why is that?  This MB has a little over 191k on it and runs like a
jackrabbit.  It doesn't have the overpowering V-8 the Mark VIII has, but for
the driving I do, it is more than adequate.

 RW>> It'd be nice to know the specs on that cam...lift, duration, etc..

 RN> I don't remember anything specifically about that car except I had a
 RN> lot of fun in it.  (-:  I doubt if a 1957 Engel cam can be googled,
 RN> but am uncertain.

 RW> You could probably get the specs from Engel, if they still exist. 

They do.

 RN>> After I had the heads milled, I could almost outrun everything top
 RN>> end except police radios.  (-:[

 RW>> I did that once in my Corvette. The cop that came over the
 RW>> center-divide on Clairmont Dr probably caught up with the Dodge
 RW>> Charger I was racing, but never caught up with me. I dunno if he
 RW>> caught the Dodge or not since I didn't go back to find out.

 RN> They got me on the Highway 11 bridge across lake Pontchartrain
 RN> between New Orleans and Slidell.

 RW> You mean they got you where there was no place to elude them. 

Yes.  (-:

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

 RN>> The new Jeeps are somewhat of a disappointment, if you believe
 RN>> what's plastered on the Internet.  I'd like to have a Pontiac
 RN>> "Goat".

 RW>> I just got a glimpse of a 2014 Siverado. Standard cab, shortbed
 RW>> with a 6.2L LS engine and 6spd automatic. Wish I didn't like my
 RW>> 'paid for' 2002 so much.

 RN> Now is not the time to go into debt again, but only you can make that
 RN> decision.

 RW> I wouldn't be in debt, but my stock/interest income would be
 RW> impaired for a while.

 RN> Did you like that last picture I sent?

 RW> The one that said; The L.A. Zoo has an African lion, the White
 RW> House has a lyin' African 8^) yeup.

Did I send the one with the black smoke coming from the White House chimneys?

 RW> Closer to home (Chicago) it would read; The Brookfield Zoo has an
 RW> African Lion, etc...

LOL!


Regards,

Roger 
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