XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 3/6/2022 15:50, micky wrote:   
   > In alt.home.repair, on Sat, 5 Mar 2022 21:51:10 -0800, The Real Bev   
   >   wrote:   
   >   
   >> The car ultimately developed a lot of   
   >> problems which I had workarounds for, but I ultimately sold it to a   
   >> "fine Cherman VW mechanic" who was sure he could fix it.  A friend saw   
   >> it at the local wrecking yard a few weeks later.   
   >   
   > Mine still worked fine, but my brother had gone to Viet Nam and lent,   
   > then gave me his '65 Catalina convertiable.  And as much as I like the   
   > Olds, I like the Pontiac better.  So I gave or sold it for $50 to a guy   
   > I'd met because he had a car like mine.  He had two, and after he had   
   > mine, he had 3.  I hated to promote his nerdish hobby (details on   
   > request), but it needed a home.   
      
   OK, I'm curious about the "nerdish hobby" now.   
      
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