Re: McGuyver Lives on in VW owners

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

Try doing that w/a Ford.:)


Chris DeLong
'80 16V Ragtop
'78 'Rocco
'82 GLI
'65 Bus (ugly, but good for campin')
'61 17 window
'80 'vert
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To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 9:08 PM
Subject: McGuyver Lives on in VW owners


>     Well, today I found a new best friend SAFETY PINS! Yes, I got home
with
> the help of a safety pin. My Shifter gave out tonight in Greenwich
> Connecticut. If you haven't been there don't visit at night. I shuts down
at
> around 9pm. Accept for the supermarket which closes at like 10pm. Well, I
was
> driving to grab food at the drive thru before it closed for the night and
my
> shifter just stopped working. I was stuck in second gear. So I coasted
into
> the Grand union parking lot. I messed with it in the car and nothing
> happened. SO I popped the hood and found that I can't see a damn thing
cause
> its night time. Oh wait I'm in a supermarket parking lot, I'll buy a
> flashlight. OK I now have the flashlight and find that my weighted rod got
> disconnected from the rest of the linkage. Great nothing in this town is
open
> what am I going to use to fix this. Well, I tried a thin key ring but t
> wouldn't fit. Then I thought hey when I was younger and a crusty little
punk
> what did I use to fix everything. Safety pins and duct tape!
>
>     So I Ran back in got a pack of big (thicker as well) safety pins, and
> some more duct tape (you never know when you can use it ).  So I used the
> safety pin in the place of the clip and it held up a rather brutal ride
home.
> I'm going to see how long this last before putting the proper pin back in.
> Who knows this might be a better way to keep your shift linkage together.
Hmm
> this was a pointless letter but I felt like sharing the power of a safety
pin
> and duct tape. Oh and mechanics gloves. I never made it to the drive thru.
> But Mac & Cheese was good.
>
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