I can play that game too ! same tune On top of old smokey Bought me a white Jav-Lin With black vinyl roof Been drivin it fer ever Hope the motor don't go poof Installed a stang five speed rebuilt it with love found me a flywheel that fits like a glove bolted on a better shifter started rammin them gears I'm gonna break off the teeth of my five speed I fears Bought fat and wide tires and custom aluminum wheels bolted them to the axles and now it really peels I get looks ever where I goes and those girls jump right in been living my youth over and tryin not to sin Its good fer an old geezer to feel young again But cha just gotta have one of them White Javelins It aint much of a kountry song but then I hate twang Give me rock and roll living till meet I up with the gang who's next?? Armand ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Fulton" <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 11:44 AM Subject: Re: [Amc-list] Sometimes you're just lucky..Song > I can play: > > To the tune of "On Top of Old Smokey": > > I have this old Rambler > Was light blue now dark > Am looking to drive it > Not watchin' it parked > > Put in an old engine > Rebuilt with new parts > Hooking up the linkage > to see if it starts > > I need a small clevis > to hook up the tranny > When I got this old car > The small parts weren't many > > I went to Ace hardware > to see if they had one > searched through their shelves > but the sum total was none > > I had dismantled another Rambler > with a flashomatic installed > I looked in the the parts box > Found the clevis, I..was appalled > > Sometimes you're just lucky > Sometimes you're just good > Have no one to brag to > 'fore I put on the hood > > I'll just post to the list now > Rambler friends 'll understand > Wife died and no dog > The cat's lickin' it's reareand > > Joe Fulton > Salinas, CA > > > > --- On Sun, 11/16/08, Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx <Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > From: Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx <Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: [Amc-list] Sometimes you're just lucky > > To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Sunday, November 16, 2008, 7:56 AM > > Found my clevis in the box > > The cat was in the house > > Ain't got not wife > > Ain't got no dog > > My beer done run out fer sure > > time for a road trip to get me some more... > > From the local conveeeeniance stooorrrreeee! > > > > -- > > Mark Price > > Morgantown, WV > > 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 > > 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II > > " I realize that death is inevitable. > > I just don't want to be around when it happens! " > > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > From: Archimedes <Freedom@xxxxxxxx> > > > > > > Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx> said: > > > > > > >Today, while hooking up the throttle and > > transmission linkages on the blue > > > Rambler I found that I needed the clevis that fits on > > the end of the tranny > > > modulator cable (flashomatic). Went to the hardware > > store.....no joy. I > > > returned and started looking through the hardware box > > from the earlier Rambler > > > and there was the exact clevis that I needed. I am > > out of beer so will have to > > > celebrate tonight. I don't have a dog to talk to > > (or a wife) and the cat was in > > > the house and could care less. > > > > > > > > > I don't think I've recently heard a better > > single sentence for inspiring a > > > country song than that last one. > > > > > > So take a drive, Joe. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > MARC MONTONI > > > Richmond VA > > > Cu vi parolas Esperanton? > > > Freedom. Responsibility. www.LP.org > > > I'd rather push a Rambler than drive a Toyota. > > > Visit www.AMCRC.com or www.AMONational.com . > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Amc-list mailing list > > > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Amc-list mailing list > > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.549 / Virus Database: 270.9.4/1790 - Release Date: 11/15/08 9:32 AM > > _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list