If he's dead and you're in jail, that would make two busses available... is your local paper online??? Ha. --- Dan <ThatVWGuy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > He is going to restore it some day.... That is what > they always tell me. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Denis Dodson > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 11:13 PM > Subject: [tcb] Re: '56 bus > > > Ok, tomorrow I will go back and try to get more > info. Why would an 80 year old guy want to keep a > '56 anyway? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: sammie smith > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:08 PM > Subject: [tcb] Re: '56 bus > > > Hey Denis: I know how to convert a tractor to 8 > volts. I grew up on a farm. For an address I'll > deliver the info to them in person. Or you can just > do it. You remove the 6V battery and you insert the > 8V battery. The extra 2V aren't enough to hurt > anything, the 6V generator will keep it charged, the > 6V starter will run a little faster and make the > tractor start easier, and if it has lights, doubtful > on an old 6V farm tractor, they will just burn a > little brighter and probably burn out after about 5 > years of infrequent use. That's what we used to do > on the farm. Cept most of our tractors didn't even > have batteries. Magnetos and arm cranking. These > guys don't even sound up to speed for Arkansas > hillbillies are they would have known that. Or > maybe they were just really pulling your leg. > > Conrad Klahn <conradk@xxxxxxx> wrote: > If I were you, I'd find as much info on the 6 > to 8 volt conversion you can and drop it by with > your name and number on it. > > > On Mar 27, 2008, at 8:44 PM, Denis Dodson > wrote: > > So, I took Murray and went to Sam's Club to > get huge bags of grass seed for the Psycobilly > parking/camping area. As I am coming out, one of the > two super old guys who check your receipt to make > sure that you don't have a 60" plasma under the > tomatoes says, "Are you a mechanic?" > > I'm thinking, what about me would provoke > such a question, and I say, "Why?" He says, "We are > trying to figure out how to convert a 1950 tractor > from 6 volt to 8". Putting aside the fact that I > have never heard of 8 volt anything, I suggested > that there were probably about a million antique > tractor guys on the internet. They both looked at me > as if I had spoken Navajo. I said go to a library > and they would do the search for him. > > I loaded up Murray and as I was leaving the > parking lot I drove by the door and one of the guys > waves at me to stop. I do. He says, "I have one of > these". I say really? "Yeah, It's older though, and > not as nice." > > He tells me that it is a '56. I asked him if > it has an overhang over the windshield. "No, and it > also has a bigger door in the back, over the engine > door. It has a little bitty engine". > > Of course, my next question was, "Wanna sell > it?" > > "No." > > I know his name and I know where he works. > If I can find out where he lives and where his bus > is. I might have to kill him. > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.1/1346 > - Release Date: 3/27/2008 10:03 AM > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.1/1345 - > Release Date: 3/26/2008 6:50 PM > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping