[tcb] Re: update on progress
- From: Neil McGlothin <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 11:54:11 -0700 (PDT)
Dale Evans was pretty hot for her time, too!
But, Trigger wuz my favorite...Gabby Hayes wuz cool,
too!
--- Dan Martin <danandkatrinamartin@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have never had a VW part from a Roy
> Rodgers.............
> But, I used to love their roast beef sandwich!
> And he was in some pretty good singing cowboy
> movies.
>
> On May 16, 2006, at 12:28 PM, Neil McGlothin wrote:
>
> > The sad thing is, as far as I know, they're the
> only
> > aircooled VW parts place in the area...
> > My big issue was always havin' to drive 120 miles
> > round trip, comin ' home empty handed.
> > Tried to get them to ship me a generator once in
> 1972
> > via Grayhound (about a mile from their
> shop)...they
> > asshat said Hell NO! What do you think we are???
> > When he told him what I thought they were, he hung
> up
> > on me...After that, I just paid outrageous prices
> at
> > the Hot Springs dealership.
> >
> > --- Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> yea a friend of mine said he bought a set of rods
> >> and the rods they gave him
> >> looked worse than the ones he pulled out of the
> >> motor.
> >>
> >> check your shit and it is ok. but you always have
> to
> >> check your shit. this
> >> was my first bad experience.
> >>
> >> oh and this "sometimes the gasket set doesn't
> come
> >> with intake gaskets" yea
> >> especially when the gasket set was opened when i
> got
> >> it.
> >>
> >>
> >>> From: Mark Sawyer <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Subject: [tcb] Re: update on progress
> >>> Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 09:39:30 -0700 (PDT)
> >>>
> >>> I've never bought parts from Roy Rogers and from
> >> the sound of it, I never
> >>> will.
> >>>
> >>> Andrew Barnes <deabarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I
> >> got the same kind of
> >>> treatment at the one in Ft. Smith, tell I
> >> threatened
> >>> to shove the parts up the guy's A@$ for him . I
> get
> >> treated pretty well now
> >>> !
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Neil McGlothin"
> >>> To:
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 11:16 AM
> >>> Subject: [tcb] Re: update on progress
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Yep, olw Roy ain't changed much over the last
> 36
> >>>> years, then!
> >>>>
> >>>> --- Brian Denning wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> fuckers gave me 3 left front uppers and 3
> >> right
> >>>>> front uppers. no rear and no
> >>>>> lowers. so now brake work was done last night
> >>>>> dammit.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> From: Neil McGlothin
> >>>>>> Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>>> Subject: [tcb] Re: update on progress
> >>>>>> Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 16:39:30 -0700 (PDT)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Did Roy Rogers break the brakes? I used to
> >> buy
> >>>>> from
> >>>>>> them back in the 70's...I'd drive all the way
> >> from
> >>>>> Hot
> >>>>>> Springs for a part the I CALLED about, they
> >> SAID
> >>>>> they
> >>>>>> had it, then, when I got there, Oh, we gotta
> >> ORDER
> >>>>> it,
> >>>>>> come back in two weeks!
> >>>>>> They were cheaper than the VW dealership and
> >> gas
> >>>>> was
> >>>>>> like a quarter a gallon back then, but it was
> >> a
> >>>>> long
> >>>>>> drive to just have to turn around and head
> >> back
> >>>>> empty
> >>>>>> handed!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --- Brian Denning
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> so motor is together. external filter is
> >>>>> installed.
> >>>>>>> i broke a freaking
> >>>>>>> muffler gasket (peice that goes between
> >> heat
> >>>>>>> exchanger and muffler) so i
> >>>>>>> lack that. carb is being rebuilt and it
> >> will be
> >>>>> hot
> >>>>>>> tested tomorrow,
> >>>>>>> hopefully.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> in the mean time. breaks are bought and i
> >> will
> >>>>>>> hopefully get the rear
> >>>>>>> installed tonight and then, thanks to roy
> >>>>> rogers, i
> >>>>>>> have to buy two more
> >>>>>>> front wheel cylinders and get the front
> >> done in
> >>>>> the
> >>>>>>> next couple of days.
> >>>>>>> front will include new lines, in addition
> >> to the
> >>>>>>> rest. rear lines are
> >>>>>>> replaced.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> looks freaking great. my ultimate goal is
> >> to
> >>>>> drive
> >>>>>>> the bitch around the
> >>>>>>> block on friday. and if all goes well
> >> drive it
> >>>>> to
> >>>>>>> work next monday or so.
> >>>>>>> (have to get insurance reinstated)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> >>
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