After my father finally retired his Imperial, he drove a camero for many years. That and an Austin Helie (spelling).
On Sun, 13 Aug 2006, clifford wrote: > Dear Larry: > There are several folks like myself, who enjoy automobiles in general > and some of the muscle cars of years gone by. You are the first, as far as > I can recall, with hands-on experience with the inners of B. M. W.s and > Porsche. My wife and I test drove a 914 in the seventies and came close to > buying it, but we elected to go with a Grand Torino with the 429, which > Iwish I > had back today. What is worse, I was trading in a 1969 Torino GT > convertible with a Cleveland high performance, which I really wish I had > back. > My wife says she never wants to go back to an automobile, as we are a > truck family at this time, but after yesterday and the endless griping about > how large our truck is in a parking lot, we are looking to down-size to a > smaller SUV > Larry, I am 63 years of age and live in East Tennessee, just South of > the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. I have one son and one most > wonderful grandson. We live in a rural valley with mountains which are a > part of the Cherokee National Forest surrounding us. > I once did all of the routine oil changes, spark plug replacement, along > with filter and shock absorber changes, but I have become lazy in my older > years and have that work done by professionals, or at least they charge > professional rates. > . > The El Caminos were unique vehicles and good luck with your restoration > project. > One of my brothers who lives here on the farm, is building a street rod > using a 57 Chevy, but he is replacing the complete drive train with one from > a Corvette, or at least it was designed for a Vet. He has had the frame > powder-coated and each part has been either repainted or chromed. When > finished, it should win a few ribbons. He has been winning some major > trophies with a Camaro which is from the early seventies. There is one of > those ten commandments which talks about not coveting, and at times, I fear > for my soul! > Welcome to the list. I anticipate your being the source of information > rather than the recipient. > > Yours Truly, > > Clifford Wilson > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry Stansifer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 8:30 AM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] New to the List > > > Hi Folks, > > I just found out about this list and thought it might be a fun place to > lurk and learn. > > I do have a certain amount of automotive experience having spent 25 years > of my working life as a totally blind automotive service technician working > for BMW and later with the Porsche dealer network. I also have had to > become pretty good at either building or adapting tools and instruments for > my own use. > I retired from the automotive service profession in 1990 so my technical > information may be a bit out of date. > > Currently I am building a 1980 El Camino hotrod so be careful I am probably > going to brag from time-to-time. > > > Regards > > Larry Stansifer > > Toll Free 1 (800)-527-9572 > Voice: 1 (435)-688-1391 > Fax: 1 (435) 628-6981 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/417 - Release Date: 8/11/2006 > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various List Members At The Following Address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list > just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! 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