<VV> Spooky Story

[Dave Morris "BigD"]

What kinda awl were you runnin in that there vair, Bob?  Wasn't synthetic, 
was it?

(snicker)

Dave


At 07:24 PM 7/5/2005, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I've taken my freshly rebuilt 180 convertible out about a dozen times on
>shake down runs to town - about 8 miles or so at about at a steady 3000 -
>3500 RPM on a two lane highway and to-date it has run very well.
>
>Today - the first decent day in a while and I decided to drive it to work
>for the first time - about 20 miles on the same highway.
>
>Got in the car and the first thing I noticed was that it was very hard to
>start requiring close to 30-45 seconds of cranking. It finally started and I
>let it run for a minute or two then pulled out of my driveway and by
>coincidence I looked at the trip meter - 666 (no sh*&t - I am not making
>this up!).
>
>Pulled out onto the highway and the car slowly dies while it is nicely
>straddling the center line! Simultaneously I look to my right and see a red
>Toyota now bearing down on me at about 60 mph! He's furiously honking and I
>am praying that the Vair will have enough energy to get out of the way. It
>did but only just.
>
>Get to the side of the road and the car starts right up. I decide to drive
>on and get about a mile or so down the road and the car dies again with all
>of the feel of a car running out of gas, not the "right now" feel of an
>ignition failure. I pull over, immediately start the car again and return
>home. The return trip is uneventful so out I go again (I am a glutton for
>punishment!) to go to work. This time I get about 5 miles when it dies again
>- same symptoms but this time I have the added "pleasure" of having a
>zillion ton fully loaded logging truck racing up behind me at about 70 mph.
>I pull over, restart the car and this time I say enough is enough and drive
>home were the car now remains.
>
>Strange, eh?
>
>Bob
>
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