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Subject:Re: At least we don't drive Trimuphs.
From:Michael Elliott
Date:Sat, 26 Aug 2006 12:55:26 -0700

Jim Felder wrote:
> I had
> a relapse in the early 90s when I did a ground up $$$ restoration on
> an  MGA. It was still a piece of crap, and my 90 Vanagon was faster.

My dad restored an MGB and a TD. Even after his best efforts, you still
had to sling a net under them before driving to catch the parts that
fell off.

I somehow ended up with his Whitworth wrenches, sockets, taps and dies.
I have no idea what happened to them.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR