What do you end up with?
Why, this, of course:
I know what I'll be helping with this summer.
This "semi-retirement" stuff has a lot of upside.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Little Red Car
Take a 20 year old son. Add tales of that old MGA his grandfather drove, the MGB his mother and I owned when we were first married and childless and that MG Midget I owned and worked on for awhile when he was 5. Throw in a certain level of - what? - maleness? Mix in a modest budget but the desire to do things with his hands. Factor a short Easter break from college and his weekly scan of Craigslist for old MGB's. Toss in some hard-earned money from his work.
What do you end up with?
Why, this, of course:
And one happy young man.
I know what I'll be helping with this summer.
This "semi-retirement" stuff has a lot of upside.
What do you end up with?
Why, this, of course:
I know what I'll be helping with this summer.
This "semi-retirement" stuff has a lot of upside.
Had an MGB GT decades ago. Red. Wonderful looking car. But drove it maybe twice on the road thanks to the wonders of British engineering. I must have replaced miles of wiring out of that wench (no offense to anyone, please). sold her and got a Fiat thoroughbred, which was even more of a pain. Great out of the shop after a tune-up, for about two weeks. Finally bought an old Volvo which allowed me to see Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama, and wander through Shilo on a cool Spring day. T'was the Swedes that made me appreciate terrible war. Happy Easter to ya'll. But dammit, the NGs had some nice lines...
ReplyDeleteNice -- even better without the ugly rubber bumpers...
ReplyDeletecaretaker of a '57 MGA twincam for awhile, horribly engineered wonderful cars...wish I still had it.
ReplyDeleteWhy do the Brits drink warm beer--they have Lucas refrigerators.
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