Date:         Wed, 28 Aug 2002 08:56:50 -0500
Reply-To:     Jeff Woodall <vwwoody@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jeff Woodall <vwwoody@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Locked out
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    I locked myself out of my 89 Westy a couple of weeks ago.I normally have
a hide-a-key stashed on the frame but it had fallen off somewhere along the
way.This happened in front of my apartment in downtown Chicago.My apartment
keys were on the key chain also,and they were lying on the rear seat .So, I
could not get into my apartment to get my spare set of keys.I scratched my
head for a minute then realized the skylight mechanism had worn out nylon
rollers !!! I climbed up onto the roof rack,pulled up the skylight,by
pushing the arms off the skylight tracks,reached into the poptop
latch,popped open the poptop,unzipped the canvas window and screen,and
jumped in.Not a very proud moment for me as my a$$ hanging out of the poptop
with CTA buses howling by and my neighbors peering out from behind their
curtains ! :-0
I could hear them whispering "There's that crazy Vw. guy making love to his
bus again !!"

Ps....I have since bought a hide-a-key with a much stronger magnet and fixed
the poptop mechanism.


        woody
"keep on pushing"