<VV> Smitty and Helen - the Trip from Hell continues.....

[Tony Underwood]

At 11:39 hours 08/15/2005, Bill Hubbell wrote:
>I spoke with Smitty last night - they were somewhere in Nevada 
>heading home after a long and arduous trip.  Smitty had just 
>finished replacing his second rear wheel bearing.  You may recall 
>the trip began on a sour note with a seized valve in June which 
>caused him to miss the Iowa mini.  After ovecoming that problem and 
>setting out again for Oregon, he has had to deal with:
>
>-Broken Speedometer cable
>-Broken fan belt
>-Broken A/C (in the desert, no less!)
>-Failed engine blower bearing
>-Two failed rear wheel bearings
>-Siezed rear axle (differential) - required replacement unit shipped from home
>-Engine keeps overheating
>and others I'm sure I have forgotten




Sheesh.


Kinda makes the broken clutch cable on the blue '67 coupe seem 
trivial in comparison...


tony..