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

[Eric S. Eberhard]

If you hear from him and he needs it, I am in AZ on his way, I have a 
nice trailer, plenty of room for him to work (and tools) and a place to sleep.

At 02:54 PM 8/15/2005, Tony Underwood wrote:
>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:
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>>-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
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>Sheesh.
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>Kinda makes the broken clutch cable on the blue '67 coupe seem 
>trivial in comparison...
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>tony..
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