<VV> MORE: Econoline story-Redneck

BBRT chsadek at comcast.net
Wed Jan 24 11:21:46 EST 2007


Ain't it great?!  LOL!

Chuck S

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zane Brock" <zanebrock at bellsouth.net>

> You my friend are a bona fide redneck and probably one of my relatives 
> from
> the Alabama side of the family.
>
> Regards,
>
> Zane Brock, Atlanta, GA
>> Subject: <VV> RE: Econoline story
>
>
>
> Back in 72, a friend had a 64 econoline van.
> I have several memories of that van, mostly bad.
> Periodically it would quit running. We would then open the motor
> compartment and jam a tire iron in the exhaust maniflold for leverage and
> "right" the motor and place some 2x4s between the exhaust manifold and
> motor box to hold the motor up. The frame was rotted out. Van always had
> the smell of a wood burning stove, and periodically it would burn through
> the 2 x 4 s..........
> Somewhere along the line the nut holding the steering wheel became 
> missing,
> if you were not careful the steering wheel would come
> off..............sometimes we would just hand it to the passenger and say
> "you drive".
> charging system didn't work, we would always carry 3-4 extra batteries and
> switch when it quit..............
> That van was scarry.........
>
> Gary Swiatowy
> Used the van to go to an Alice Cooper/ZZ Top Concert, New Years 1974, in a
> snowstorm, during the fuel crisis.
>



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