RW> She was very kind to make the offer.
 
Yes, but I didn't think it was her place to do that.  If the GM inspector
had done his job without prejudice, he would have ok'ed the replacement.
 
[...]
 
RW> I owned a 55 Chevy at the time, so I liked that idea a lot.
 
My 1st car was a used Jeep station wagon with 4WD, my 2nd was a new '57 Bel
Air, then a '56 Chevy, a 58 Plymouth with push button drive (I liked that)
etc.
 
RW> That's what two agressive businessmen can do, if they're in agreement
RW> with where their business should be headed. My dad always had an idea
RW> where he wanted to take things.
 
Always nice to have a plan that works.
 
RW> My Camaro is rated at 305hp, but it makes that at the rear wheels. So,
RW> it's really making the advertised hp of the Corvette (345) of the same
RW> year. Bone stock too.
 
Does the Camaro have positraction?
 
RW> I recently saw under the hood of an older Dodge or Chrysler with a V10 in
RW> it. It looked like it should have been there all along.
 
When I still lived in the Gentilly section of New Orleans near the lake,
there were a couple of guys who had a Lincoln Zephyr.  I don't recall what
year it was, but it had a V-12 in it.  One day, coming home from school and
walking from the bus stop, which was a mile from the house, I had to go
right past where they lived and the car wasn't there.  Next thing I know,
I'm listining to a whining sound (unlike Fidonet) coming toward me.  I
looked and there was the Zephyr humming right at me.  I don't know to this
day what they did, but some years later I heard that same sound coming from
a Chrysler with a turbine engine in it.  I don't know how efficient they
were, but a few years later, if not sooner, no more turbine engines.
 
Also, a friend of mine has a couple of Jaguars with V-12 engines.  Those I
would not want to work on.
 
RW> Young and eager to go fast...
 
And I did.  We clocked it full throttle at 137.5MPH.  It took about a mile
to stop that souped up '57 Bel Air because I didn't want to wear out the
drum brakes too fast or overheat the drums.
 
RW> That's from my own estimate of the hours you stated and the hourly cost
RW> of a mechanic, plus the cost of the core. I can look in the manual for
RW> the hours to R&R it, if you like.
 
Yes, please.  I would like that.  The Lincoln dealer here told me they
could do it in one day and that sort of scared me off.
 
RW> He truely was the 'man' of the house. Being the first born, he didn't cut
RW> me very much slack in the dicsipline department.
 
Ah, the quintessential alpha male.  (-:
I was like that with my kids.
 
[...]
 
RW> At least it wasn't a urine stain.
 
Nope.  I had a guy do that in my '84 Chevy 3/4 ton truck when I was STUPID
enough to visit at a friend's house.  A friend of his was there and seized
that opportunity to urinate on the floor on the driver's side because I
left the truck unlocked and the windows down.  I couldn't prove he did it,
but still he remains my prime suspect.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

... Don't give me that "kinkier than thou" attitude ...!
--- D'Bridge 2.99