On Tue Jun-25-2013 14:43, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:

 RW> Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:

 RN> I think I may have mentioned that the MB I own had 130K on it a month
 RN> or so ago.  I looked at the odometer again to be sure and it was
 RN> 190k. so I must have been guessing.

 RW> So, what you're saying is that it is barely broken in...

Runs like a clock.  I did have to put two cans of freon in it last week.  I
guess that Red Angel doesn't last forever.  (-:

 RW> When I was looking for a suburban, most of what I was looking at 
 RW> had that kind of mileage and more. In the meantime, my neighbor 
 RW> Les, who lived across the steet suffered a fatal heart attack and 
 RW> his widow put all of his collectible vehicles up for sale. I asked 
 RW> for first bid on it when she and his brother began to clean out 
 RW> the house. When it came to it, they were asking $2500 and I 
 RW> offered $2200. Sharon, his widow was even more generous with the 
 RW> vehicle prices and only took $2k for it, handing me $200 in cash 
 RW> with the title.

That was VERY nice of her.

 RW> Les took very good care of his vehicles (he had 6) and the suburban
 RW> was freshly painted less than two years before his demise, so I
 RW> can't tell if the 98,000 odometer reading is just 98k or 198k...sad
 RW> to say that I told Les that he should have done better body work,
 RW> as it waves at you when it drives by. Other than that, it runs and
 RW> drives like new.

Does it have leaf or coil springs in the rear?


Regards,

Roger 
--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+