Re: IML: Good friends all

[Doug Norton <e.norton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What lucky guys we all are!  Thanks for sharing this information and encouragement.  Have a good week.

 

Doug Norton

"Hugh, 58 Imperial" <imperial58@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> One definition of a friend is someone who tells what you need to hear, not 
> just what you want. In that regard I am so appreciative of the replies I 
> received concerning the rebuild and reinstallation of my 58's engine. Over 
> the last week or so I have been reminded of two important lessons. One, if 
> you already have one good option, trying to find a second way may simply be 
> a fool's errand. The second is that getting the motor running is only a 
> small part of the process. It's after this that the real time, effort and 
> money start kicking in. I had the great joy of driving my museum's 1924 
> Ford Model TT
>  truck on Saturday. It had not been started in over a quarter 
> of a century. Several of my colleagues were very excited and rightly so. 
> This time is was me who had to be the voice of sobering reality. I said now 
> the real work begins. My two accomplices in what really was a wonderful 
> moment both said, almost simultaneously, "Amen, brother." But I didn't 
> think I was going to live long enough to ever see that Model T run. On this 
> basis the return of my Imperial to active duty is only a hop, skip and a 
> jump away. This online club is such a deep resource of experience and 
> common sense. What a lucky guy I must be.
>
> Hugh 
>
>
>
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