<VV> Whatd'yapack

[Bryan Blackwell]

My experience has been is that all too often that sort of thing can 
become a crutch.  I used to carry all kinds of stuff with me.  Once I 
stopped, my failure rate went way down, there really aren't that many 
things that fail utterly without warning.  My point is to heed the 
warning and fix what's wrong, the very best preparation is keeping 
things up.  Got a little drip out of the fuel pump?  When *was* the 
last time a new fan belt went on?  Funny noise in the front end?  Fix 
it.  Generator brushes?  Yes, if you're driving in the desert at night 
you'd best have some along, but when it did happen on the way to our 
vacation it worked like this:

  - "Pshaw, the gen light is on."
  - Continue to destination.
  - Get out CORSA roster.
  - Call around to local members, find out who has three of them in the 
stash.
  - Go there, get part, bolt on.
  - Buy new friend a beer.

Besides that, these are solid, reliable cars when in good repair.  I 
don't carry parts and tools and such in the water pumpers (does 
anyone?), so I don't do so as a general rule in the Corvairs either.

--Bryan

On Mar 22, 2006, at 3:07 PM, J R Read_HML wrote:

> Primarily, the box contains stuff that can be quickly fixed on the 
> road and the local FLAPS may not have the part or may not be open.  
> There has been more than one occasion where my items ended up on 
> another member's car due to a problem during a club outing.  What do 
> you do?  Strand the guy or fix his car so the group can stay together?