Sounds like a pretty good day. Ken Quoting Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>: > My oldest son and I had a nice Sunday drive yesterday. We borrowed the > work truck, filled it up (80 bucks!) and took a jaunt up to North > Carolina. We did some highway driving on 85, but jumped off and went > sight-seeing along 24 and 27. Pretty country up there. > > A little over 7 hours later, we rolled into Chad's drive. Chad and his > son got a nice looking 232 with chrome valve cover and chrome fan onto > a hoist and onto the back of the pickup. Chad threw in extra goodies > that are much appreciated, as well as the engine and transmission > cross-members. Darn, EVERYTHING seemed to be included! (Chad, I > enjoyed meeting you, your wife and your son) > > Kevin and I had a nice drive back after putting another 80 bucks into > the truck. I had been trying to eat better, but thoroughly enjoyed the > excuse to stop at fast food places along the way. We left the house > around 5:30AM. We rolled in to the driveway at 10:30PM. Full of > caffeine and sugar from cokes, and full of burgers and chicken and > fries. Vegan diet completely rethought and discarded. Cheeseburgers > thoroughly embraced and enjoyed. (anyone want a kale, spinach, > cucumber and apple drink? I think burgers are much tastier than green > shakes and juices, and have a whole bunch of kale and spinach that is > suddenly and perhaps permanently left over) > > Kevin borrowed a hoist from work today, and we unloaded the engine > after work. Rambler is backed in to the garage. 232 and automatic > transmission sitting on a pallet in front of it. Perhaps this weekend > we can pull the 195.6 and make sure the '68 232 will mate up to the > T96. And with that, I might be putting the '65 195.6OHV on the list, > and start looking for a fully synchro'ed 3 speed that would fit the > 232. I like manual transmissions, but a full synchro transmission > might be cool, over even over-drive! > > So, Traveler, my '65 Rambler - may be sporting new crossmembers and a > new (to her) 232. And I might be looking for a manual transmission at > the South East Regionals. > _______________________________________________ > AMC-list mailing list > AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com > _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com