I had to LOL at this:
*so I used the drained oilfrom Dad's Cessna in it*
On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 1:20 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
wrote:
> My first car was a 1951 VW bug with the 1100cc 25hp engine and 120,000
> miles. It burned/leaked a quart of oil a week, so I used the drained oil
> from Dad's Cessna in it. I rebuilt a 1200cc engine from a later car ('62?)
> and moved the body from the '51 chassis to the '62 chassis. I gained
> synchromesh in the tranny as well as a more robust engine. I bought another
> '51 for a parts car later. The first one was the deluxe model - it had
> aluminum trim and hydraulic brakes. The second one was the standard model,
> no trim and mechanical (cable) brakes.
>
> Many years later we bought a '74 bus with a smashed front end, and a front
> clip from a salvage yard and welded the two together. It was a great car
> unless you needed heat or defrost, when it was worthless.
>
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Mountain Man via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > Andrew wrote:
> > > Those VW buses are worth sick money now.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> OK Don
>
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