-----Original Message-----
From: Denis Dodson
Sent: May 14, 2008 8:57 PM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: King Pins Question



Look, it's the Bev and Sammie Show!

 

In tonight's wacky episode, Sammie wants to sell the cute little split oval bug, but Bev has other plans...

 

Audience discretion is advised. S L V

----- Original Message -----

From: Will Wood

To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 8:51 PM

Subject: [tcb] Re: King Pins Question

If you take the Lyle engine out does the price go up? ;-)

-----Original Message-----
From: sammie smith
Sent: May 14, 2008 6:56 PM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: King Pins Question

OK, guys I guess the price just went up.

Beverly Williams <bevwill64@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

But it's so cute, can't we keep it?

sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It's not an oval.  It is a split, 51 standard.  $7,500 as it sits with good Lyle Cherry engine to put in it.

singlecabboy <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Sammie how much were you asking for that oval ?
--- sammie smith wrote:

> Yes! Sometimes my brain works faster than my typing
> fingers. Or vice versa.
>
> theresabuckner@xxxxxxx wrote: Sammy I guess you
> mean Oak Hill Auto ?? Terry
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sammie smith
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wed, 14 May 2008 9:41 am
> Subject: [tcb] Re: King Pins Question
>
> Give the guys at Oak Auto in Longview a call,
> 903-297-3496, or maybe someone else on the list has
> someone closer that can do it for you. Or you can
> send them to Wolfgang for rebuilt exchange ones.
> Any other ideas?
>
> Biggestdaddyo wrote: So
> the old westy bus was getting kinda sloppy in the
> front end. I've replaced center drag link pivot and
> tie rod ends. It felt better but still wandered a
> bit down the road. I took it to the alignment place
> and they set the toe-in but proclaimed that the king
> pins are too worn to really align it properly. They
> recommended replacement. I took the bus to John
> Pierce (now in Converse TX) and he informs me that
> he can't do bus kingpins because it requires a
> special "reamer" for the bushings thats larger than
> the ones for Type 1.
>
> I'm surely not the first to face this dillema. My
> question is, what does everyone else do? Send the
> spindle assemblies off to someone in distant lands?
> or is there someone in Texas that can do this
> specialized machine work?
>
> James Oliver
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