<VV> quick engine question (humor?)

Louis C. Armer, Jr. carmerjr@mindspring.com
Mon, 31 Jan 2005 14:18:13 -0500


Well It looks like WTBRT has just found a head mechanic for it's pit crew !!!
Of course UNLIKE BBRT, this position does come with a LazyBoy recliner and
a portable fridge!!! <GGG>

FrontMan
WTBRT PR
Deckrug Enterprises Inc.
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At 10:35 AM 1/31/05 -0800, you wrote:

> >$3000 to rebuild ( have it rebuilt at a corvair doctor ) a good stocker
> >engine if needed ... that's why the $1500 lowball if compression is bad etc.
>
>And it's this reason that I do all my own work.    Not only do you save
>about 75% on expenses, but there's an enormous satisfaction of having done
>it all yourself.    After all, this is the way old-time hotrodders used to
>work, back when...  they didn't farm out anything that they couldn't do
>themselves, and they usually worked on such a shoestring budget that they
>either learned how to do it themselves or they got a job that would pay for
>their car habit... or they got into another hobby.   That's about it.
>
>tony..
>  _______________________________________________
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