<VV> Sometimes the simplest jobs...(humor?)

[Louis C. Armer, Jr.]

and FrontMan replies:

In Summary:
2 Walker Dynomax Super Turbo mufflers
2 vintage glasspack mufflers
2 hot rod Smitty mufflers
2 110 Clarks extractors
2 headers
2 glasspack mufflers
2 "new" Superturbo mufflers
1 new 140 manifold
2 head studs, exhaust packings, bolts lock retainers
2 stainless steel Dynomax tailpipes
6 muffler clamps (assorted sizes)
2 K&N copycat aircleaners
18 hours labor @ $3.50/ hour
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Total   $1,587.62

One compliment from the dental impaired waitress at the local 
GreasySpoon................

"PRICELESS.......................<GGG>
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At 11:25 AM 7/25/05 -0400, you wrote:
>To amuse those of you (like me) who are NOT at PIR or the Convention...
>snippero
>Plan A. So I decided to install a set of used Clarks extractors that I had 
>purchased last year. Whole job
>should take maybe two hours.  I pulled them out, wirebrushed them, 
>resprayed with high temp paint...
>and as I was getting ready to install I realized they were for a 110, not 
>a 140! All that work for nothing. So
>I contacted an acquaintance that had offered me another set of extractors 
>when I bought these. Great
>news! He still had them! Bad news... he realized that they, too, were for 
>a 110.... I'm now into the 2 hour
>job for about 3 hours...
>
>Plan B.  So after digging through my pile of stuff, I decide to use a set 
>of headers and glasspacks that I
>picked up at a local Corvair show last year. Again, I wire brush and 
>repaint, pull a manifold, and begin
>installing. NOW I remember why I quit running headers all those years ago. 
>After about an hour of
>fiddling with trying to get them to line up and seal properly, I pulled 
>out the tech manual to reread the
>article on getting headers to seal. Great write-up, but no way am I going 
>to spend that sort of time to
>build retainers to pull the headers up snug. Project abandoned... like new 
>set of headers and mufflers
>with fresh paint for sale. I'm now about 6 hours into my 2 hour job.
>2nd snippero
>I'm about 18 hours into this "2 hour job"...making those expensive Clarks 
>extractors look like a really
>great deal in comparison. Poor planning and bad decisions on my part 
>(combined with the damage
>wrought from using the car as a winter driver and ice racer my last winter 
>in the Midwest... really hard to
>overstate how much damage this did to the car despite careful and routine 
>washing, etc) turned this
>simple task into a project that made me reluctant to even go into the 
>garage and walk past...
>
>We drove out to supper last night in it and overheard a waitress telling 
>another one about that "great
>looking great sounding" old car that had just pulled up. That made the 
>whole ordeal worthwhile.
>
>I just hope my next few jobs go a bit easier....
>
>Bill Elliott
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