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08-01-2015, 05:27 PM | #1 |
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Trip to the Tire Store
My daughter got a flat tire on her car. I took the tire down to the tire store the best way I knew how.
It made for interesting conversations with a bunch of folks, both customers and staff. Another fun day with my Model A. Ken
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08-01-2015, 05:31 PM | #2 |
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Re: Trip to the Tire Store
Good job, Ken
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08-01-2015, 06:28 PM | #3 |
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Re: Trip to the Tire Store
Never under estimate the usefulness of the Ford Model A! I took my 31 for two drives today
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08-01-2015, 10:18 PM | #4 |
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Re: Trip to the Tire Store
There's always a certain sense of satisfaction when someone in a Model A comes to the help of a modern motorist. Recently, I LOVED stopping to help a Rolls Royce owner (I know, many would say I shouldn't have) who had run out of fuel. The 85 year old car to the rescue was not lost on the RR driver. I made sure of that!
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08-02-2015, 03:46 AM | #5 |
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Re: Trip to the Tire Store
The guy at our local hardware store refused to load a bag of cement on my RPU. Told me to go get my wife's Toyota Fortuner instead.
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08-02-2015, 08:44 AM | #6 |
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I get the freedom to not pamper her. I use her to tow a busted lawn tractor, to carry logs thrown in the truck, or to transport a flat tire on the running board. Those scratches are how I add to her story.
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08-02-2015, 09:07 AM | #7 | |
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I worked many year as NASA GRC and would see from time to time a green car just like this: I wondered who's it was??? One day I saw it was parked at the building I worked in and looked in at the car and saw on the console this: Turned out it was our local SGI tech who came to repair my SGI servers... I asked him, pardon me do you have any Gray Poupon? He said, but of course... I got to ride in that tank... you can really tell a HEAVY Car and how they ride
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08-02-2015, 10:04 PM | #8 | |
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PS A slab is a pck of 24 cans or stubbies and is almost legal tender here
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08-02-2015, 11:59 PM | #9 |
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Re: Trip to the Tire Store
You can buy those cheap and there's an outfit in Cleveland that will replace the suspension, AC and engine/transmission with GM stuff for around twenty grand. Makes for a great grocery getter.
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