[tcb] Re: King Pins Question

  • From: "Denis Dodson" <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 21:12:04 -0500

No, apparently she married him for the bug.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: sammie smith 
  To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 9:06 PM
  Subject: [tcb] Re: King Pins Question


  It's called "Desperate VW Spouses."

  Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote: 
    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
              > 
              > 
              > -----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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