>much better. (Yes, she likes the bus enough to actually go out and 
>help me work on it, even under such conditions! :)). Now it's time to

Horray for her!  I've taught my SO to do bodywork!

>1) The braking systems are very poor.
>Somewhat true, IMHO. But if you maintain them, and keep the mechanics
>up to snuff, they are actually fair-good. On a related note, quite a

A-firm.  Now that I've redone the brakes in my '56, they are quite
respectable, altough I'm no sure what they'd be like with a big load.

Guess you have to change you .sig to reflect the year of your bug!
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>* Merging onto the information superhighway in one of these autos:     *
>* 1976 Plymouth Volare; 1966 Volkswagen camper; 1962 Ford Fairlane 500 *

Thom
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