<VV> my fiance' and the 65' Corsa project/parts car aka women and cars

[Eric S. Eberhard]

We used to enjoy roughing it -- camping out, heavy duty 4x4, all that 
stuff.  Then we got old.  A nice soft bed is nice :-) E

At 03:12 PM 12/14/2009, n5hsr wrote:
>Yowsa!  Where do they hide women like that?  My mom was a bit like 
>that, but instead of playing with dolls at 9 she was with Granddad 
>under the hood of the DeSoto learning how to tune it up.  She's 
>dressed down a couple car mechanics over the years that saw a woman 
>in a headscarf and a cloth coat and thought '$cha-ching$' only to 
>find out she knew more about cars than Dad did and a lot of newer 
>mechanics. . . .
>
>She was also pretty good at roughing it.  My sister, OTOH, thinks 
>roughing it is a hotel without room service. . .
>
>Charles
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric S. Eberhard" <flash at vicsmba.com>
>To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 13:39
>Subject: <VV> my fiance' and the 65' Corsa project/parts car aka 
>women and cars
>
>
>>I am lucky -- my wife shares the hobby with me.  She works on them,
>>gets greasy, hands me tools, so forth.  Sometimes I'll come home from
>>work and find her puttering about on one restoration or the other,
>>all by herself.  She even took it upon herself to have Jeff Williams
>>(California Corvair Parts) restore my coupe which was rotting in the yard ...
>>
>>We once (30 years ago) restored a 67 Fiat 850 Spyder.  We did all the
>>work ourselves including paint.  It was beautiful (fly yellow).  We
>>(my fault being impatient) did not do one thing ... replace the gas
>>tank.  I went for one of those sealant products.  It never worked and
>>no matter how many fuel filters I put on it, every couple of hundred
>>miles it would get dirt in the carbs.  This was complicated dual
>>Weber setup (yeah, high performance 850cc engine!).  One day I came
>>home from work and my wife lit in to me about the Fiat (she was
>>driving it that day).  It had died in the middle of the main street
>>in town.  So I groaned inwardly wondering how I could get a tow truck
>>that late at night, was it safe, etc.  So I asked with trepidation,
>>what did she do?
>>
>>Answer ... she coasted off the road.  Then she took the tool box I
>>always keep in the trunk, and removed all the jets (idle and main)
>>for both carbs.  She took them over to a nearby gas station and blew
>>them out with the air hose, and then re-assembled the
>>carbs.  Yikes!  I asked her if it still ran :-)  It was in the
>>garage.  I asked how she managed to get those complicated Webers all
>>adjusted on the street ... she said she counted the number of turns
>>on each jet, idle screw, etc. when she removed them.  Just like I
>>taught her (screw them all the way in first, then count out ... as
>>counting going in is an in-exact method).  And the car ran perfectly,
>>I never had to change a thing.
>>
>>So that's my girl! One of the reasons I kept her.
>>
>>
>>Merry Christmas from:
>>
>>Eric S. Eberhard
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Merry Christmas from:

Eric S. Eberhard
(928) 567-3727          Voice
(928) 567-6122          Fax
(928) 301-7537                           Cell

For Metropolis support and VICS MBA Support!!!!    http://www.vicsmba.com

Fun personal pictures:  Includes horses, dogs, Corvairs, and 
more.  http://www.vicsmba.com/ourpics/index.html

However, most new pictures are on Facebook.