ROFL! OK, that should go in the annals (two L's) of AMCdom. AMCyclopedia! Joe Fulton wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list