confused as a cat, Daniel
From: "Wm. R. Ulman" <twolaneblacktop@xxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: RE: IML: Fun Ride? Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 07:14:25 -0700
Wm. R. Ulman Seattle, WA twolaneblacktop@xxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DANIEL LA PLAUNT Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 11:26 PM To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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.
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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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