I am thinking of writing one of the world's shortest books. The title will
be "Things you don't learn on the diesel list."
On Thu, May 26, 2022, 1:01 PM Bob Rentfro via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Oh, the things you learn on here.
>
> AZBob
>
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> > On May 26, 2022, at 7:49 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> > [picking self off the floor] I would never have pegged Grant Mann as a
> > Morris Minor type of guy.
> >
> >> On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 11:15 PM G Mann via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> Well, that brings back a lot of memories.
> >> Long ago, I started collecting a full set of Morris Minor cars. One of
> each
> >> model and variant and restored them all to "as new". At the peak of this
> >> OCD exercise I had 36. Sold them as a group and moved on to my next auto
> >> adventure. [not a complicated car, so once your skill set was honed and
> you
> >> had piles of spares {donor cars} a total rebuild did not take long.]
> >> Likely the most complex build/restoration was the woody wagon version,
> that
> >> required hand forming and fitting each wood piece. Very much on par with
> >> doing a classic wood boat as for effort and time.
> >> It looks like this convertible brought a handsome price.
> >>
> >> On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 9:57 AM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
> >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1967-morris-minor-6/
> >>>
> >>> I briefly owned a similar Morris Oxford sedan when I was in the Peace
> >> Corps
> >>> in the late 60s. These were quite common as Fiji was a British colony
> at
> >>> the time. A very basic car, commensurate with my salary of $82/month.
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