40 years ago I heard thru the grapevine that this exact system was used by a local funeral home on it's hearse and flower car.
Pete -------------- Original message -------------- From: "wilton strickland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sometime in 1967, while I was on alert with B-52s at Robins AFB, GA, our > alert facility manager, a strict and up-tight officer whom we called, Major > Daddy, suddenly decided that we aircrewmen should wash, wax and polish our > vehicles (four-door, crew-cab pickups), so that he could try to impress a > general visiting from higher headquarters. Amongst the five officers on > each crew, there were grumblings, such as, If an officer prisoner of war > (POW) cant be required to do manual labor, how can we be required to wash, > wax and polish these vehicles? We officers were somewhat angry. > > We had finally decided that we would do it, though, and were prepared to > start the task as we returned to our parking space outside the alert > facility early one morning after performing the daily inspection of the > aircraft. As we backed into our parking space, we noticed a sergeant (a > gunner on another B-52 crew) wiping lightly with a rag on the bright and > shiny truck beside us. Only 20 minutes earlier, when we had left the > parking space to go out to the aircraft, that truck had been as drab dark > blue as ours and all the rest of them. We jumped out of our vehicle and > asked the sergeant, What have you done? How did you do that? He replied, > Bucket of water with a little Diesel fuel in it - just dip the rag in the > bucket and wipe the vehicle down with it. In about 10 minutes, all of the > alert vehicles were glistening in the sun with their new coats of Diesel > fuel - worked well for several weeks, too, and didnt look oily, etc. They > really looked like they had been waxed. We never said any more about it, > and we never heard any more about waxing vehicles. > > By the way, this is in no way an endorsement for using Diesel fuel as a > substitute for a proper wax job, nor is it an endorsement for dishonesty > and/or deception - if anybody had asked us how we had waxed the vehicles > so fast, our answer, of course, would have been, We wiped them down with a > thin coat of Diesel fuel. This is merely an example of innovative > compromise by a group of defiant B-52 aircrewmen 41 years ago. > > LTCOL Wilton > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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