One step closer
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She-Who-Must-Be-Obey-And-Is-Always-Dismayed has given her royal assent to the purchase of the Europa. They have lowered their price considerably: not to my first offer, but close. I am off to check it out in more detail tomorrow (Monday). I'll be meeting Andrew at noon and,
"Once more into the breach, dear friends, once more. And fill the garage up with English dead sportscars."
-- to butcher a well turned phrase out of all recognition.
Ping this thread if you want to come along to laugh and say nasty things barely under your breath about my (alleged) intelligence.
"Once more into the breach, dear friends, once more. And fill the garage up with English dead sportscars."
-- to butcher a well turned phrase out of all recognition.
Ping this thread if you want to come along to laugh and say nasty things barely under your breath about my (alleged) intelligence.
delusion
Everyone needs a carefully constructed delusion... mine revolves around finding a 'fun' car that can be driven right away for under $2000-- Fortunately, I have just dodged a number of bullets: a 1976 BMW 2002 (on removing carpets, it became clear that the 'frame' portions of the unibody were simply too rusty to bother fixing, or rather, to pay for them to be fixed), a 1975 Mini (also turned out to be too rusty--not just the outer rocker sill had a fist-sized hole, but the inner sill too--and thus structural), and a 1982 Suzuki LJ80 (literally in pieces; too many hours to reassemble). If someone is keen on the latter, let me know. Buddy and I spent afternoon tinkering with it and managed to start the engine. It would be a great semi-vintage project (two-door hardtop SWB, 4WD, 1.0 litre HellSqueaker engine) for a person with, oh, say an extra garage, no wife, nothing else to do for six weeks, etc. Oh, and the nuts and bolts all got lost along the way...
Yup got back on Weds. Happy to be alive. We were stuck in that stormredbike wrote:You back?Angelo wrote:Damn I have missed alot...
Congrates John.....I think!
looking forward to working on a lotus, if you will allow it!
on our approach to Edm. At 4000 ft the pilot decided this wasnt a good
idea as we could see the lightening strikes outside our windows. He climbed to 19,000ft in under a minute. Pretty interesting times, lots of
screams and praying throughout the cabin...
...but happy to be back. John your Servetta looks amazing, and who would have though there would be a lotus in the club? Awesome!
�Long live vintage motorcycles that are too tough to die...�
- Dustin Kott-
- Dustin Kott-