[T3] Fw: are you home

["Jack Fisher" <proformance@msn.com>]

Here's a great story that we can all relate to.  It's from one of the San
Diego Type3 people.  His car is a '64 notch

> hey buddy sorry about  Sunday , listen to this, Saturday I put all the
glass
> back in the car , finish some of the interior and got all my parts from
the
> suspension to finish the work on Sunday, wen I re-checked all the pieces ,
I
> notice I was missing the pit arms and the  rt  outer steering rod, so I
> figure tomorrow morning I'll go, to ecology and pick up those parts. I
went
> to the store got some beer , some chips and some meat for the grille, I
told
> my wife , tomorrow me and my buddy will be working on the cars , so a
carne
> asada and some coronas will be good after we finish working on the cars.
> Sunday.
> I get up early , get my tools , stop by Starbucks and get to ecology , I
> found 2 SB , one on the top lot and the other in the bottom  lot, I
checked
> the arms and they look in good condition , try to remove them just with a
> ratchet but it was impossible , so after trying for about 1/2 hour. with
no
> luck , I went to lock for a bar to use as help, found one , got under the
> car , and set my self to push the bar with my feet , all of the sudden I
> heard a loud crunching and cracking noise and found my self under a car
that
> had fallen of the supports, luckily the bar that I was using as a breaker
> bar , know was supporting the car enough time to let me out and get my
tools
> out , nothing happen to me thank god , but my cell phone was not as lucky,
> it got completely destroy, after getting home my wife told me she had been
> trying to call me , I told her I forgot my phone in the car (don't want
her
> to get worried next time I have to go get more parts) so there you have it
.
> oh by the way, I did get the parts of that car FOR FREE , so other than
that
> incident everything work out good , I took the car for my first  drive  in
> over 3 years around the corner, and it felt real good



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