[tcb] Re: update on progress
- From: singlecabboy <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 16:31:51 -0700 (PDT)
Did I ever tell you about the time me and Kemosobe ,
and Tonto were going across the
--- Neil McGlothin <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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Paul Smith
www.23window.com/thezone
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