Date:         Sat, 24 Nov 2012 22:01:11 -0500
Reply-To:     ed donnen <spliced.surprise@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         ed donnen <spliced.surprise@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Transmission fell off
Comments: To: James Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>
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So here we are- now with plastic coat hangers.  The number of times I tied
up an exhaust on my van...
I once fixed a hundred of thousands of dollars laser printer with a metal
coat hanger;-  welded with a metal coat hanger;-  what will we do when we
have only a plastic coat hanger?
Is civilization as we know it doomed?
ed-91 DoKa- with a coat hanger I won't mention where
;


On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 9:54 PM, James Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> Renault Dauphine. Driving 5 miles to town with brother/listmember Alan.
> 1966. Engine and transmission fell out on the road, captured more or less
> by the rear body metal. Walked to a nearby house and borrowed 5 coathangers
> from the lady who lived there. Rehung the motor and transmission and drove
> home.
>
> It happened.
>
> Jim
>
> On Nov 24, 2012, at 7:54 PM, ed donnen <spliced.surprise@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> > I recall this time I was driving down the road and I happened uponst a
> > trucker, with his rig stopped on the shoulder, and he was leisurely
> pushing
> > the rear axle of his trailer off to the side of the road.  Read- axle
> and 4
> > wheels, about chest high.
> > Now there is a situation you don't want to be involved with.
> > ed- 91 DoKa, only the two (2) axles, all present and accounted for
>