<VV> Getting in the trunk

[Charles Lee]

Hmmm...

If you had been a shift level in your way, I'm thinking that the PG cable 
would have been, at best, superfluous, and might have made you stop and 
re-think the installation ;>}) ggg ?

Charlie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vairtec Corporation" <Vairtec at optonline.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Getting in the trunk


> Recently did a similar contortionist's act, putting a PG cable in a
> friend's 1968 coupe.  A couple of pluses were, since it was a PG car I
> had no shift lever to contend with, and I was able to slide my skinny
> butt between the '68-style bucket seats.
>
> Never thought of taking the Alleve FIRST, though!
>
> --Bob Marlow
>
>
>
> Rick Norris wrote:
>> Funny you should say that.
>> I just finished helping a friend with a broken clutch cable in his 140 
>> fix
>> it. At the same time we installed a new parking brake cable. I was 
>> twisted
>> up under the dash as you described. Working cramped and on my back over 
>> the
>> drivers seat and under the wheel with the shift lever stabbing me in the
>> gut! Not a pretty sight!
>> I did a pre-emptive hit of Alleve to ward off the resulting joint pain...
>>
>> Rick Norris
>> #36 Sunoco Corvair
>> www.corvairalley.com
>>
>>
>>> Guy,
>>>
>>> Speak for yourself!  Can't be any worse than laying on your back with 
>>> your
>>> legs up over the driver seat back in order to fix something up inside 
>>> the
>>> dash area.  It gets to be even more "fun" when some small part tries to
>>> imbed itself into the back of your head.
>>>
>>> Later, JR
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: <vair140 at aol.com>
>>> To: <whubbell at umich.edu>; <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 5:30 PM
>>> Subject: Re: <VV> Getting in the trunk
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I suspect at our advanced age most of  us couldn't get in the trunk if 
>>>> we
>>>> wanted to.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Guy Brandes
>>>>
>>>> 65 VAIR 140
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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