RE: IML: Fun Ride?

["Wm. R. Ulman" <twolaneblacktop@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wm. R. Ulman
Seattle, WA  
twolaneblacktop@xxxxxxxxxxx 
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[mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DANIEL LA PLAUNT
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 11:26 PM
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Subject: RE: IML: Fun Ride?

Thank you for such a great telling of such a memorable ride.  I belive your 
a hero now!
D.L.

>From: Mad4cars@xxxxxxx
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>Subject: IML: Fun Ride?
>Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 09:07:23 EDT
>
>Yesterday I managed to get a coworker to take me to pick up my 66 Imperial
>Convert. Mind you the car hasnt been on the road in 10 yrs though I 
>recently
>dropped a fair amount into getting her running. As luck would have it in Nj

>the
>  weather has been a horror. Biblical rains and wind. We finally get to the
>car  (rush hour) and there she sits looking like... Ill try not to use my
>French.  Anyway after priming the carb, off I went no rear window the back 
>of the
>top in  sheds, missing the wiper knob(that was formerly there)tires mushy, 
>no
>hubcaps I  was ready for the Beverly Hillbillies.taking the knob off the 
>top
>switch and  using it to work wipers, off I drove on major highways. People
>gawking,  riding past me. Now feeling a bit more confident that Id actually

>make it
>back  to NYC in rush hour rain pouring down(interior filled with a tarp)  I
>felt  cold. The heater worked, I was pleased to say , but my happiness was 
>short
>  lived. Looking out of the corner of my eye I noticed yellow jackets 
>crawling
>  around dash and passenger seat. Now doing 65 on a highway(couldn't find 
>seat
>  belt either) the rain and now the Bees...trying to maneuver the road
>bumps.. I havent done anything like it since I was in my 20's ..Well I made

>it
>straight home> with only one sting near my eye but an Imperial in my  
>driveway. I
>was impressed at her highway ability and glad to have her and myself  home
>safely.




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