Mid life crisis present to self.....

[rocco.crossing at gmail.com (Rhett Farnum)]

Glad to see you back in a MKI! Hope to see him and you at Cincy this year
too? And BTW, is Shadow still around and coming to Cincy too??

Rhett


On 4/8/07, julie@menloparkrandd.com <julie@menloparkrandd.com> wrote:
>
> Whelp after searching for at least a year and a couple of long distance
> false leads, a fellow lister told me that a Mars Red 81 MKI MIGHT come up
> for sale.... Gack...
> I still had to finish off the deal with another lister. Once that last
> payment went out the IRS (Yours feinds in the government) decided they were
> at fault for siezing last years taxes and released them! YEEE HAAA MKI time
> kiddies!
>
> I had seen pics of the car, Ron sent me a word doc with all the goodies
> and the flaws in the car. Even pics of Ben welding the floor after a repair.
> He seemed worried I wouldn't like the car after seeing it. Silly man. I have
> known Ron for years, one of the most honest and straight forward people I
> have met yet.
>
> I flew out Friday from Albany AP, stopping at La Guardia (avoid at ALL
> costs), then on to Columbus. Daun picked me up and drove me back saying
> "We'll stop at the hanger so you can see the car". Humm. Ok.
>
> We walked in, and there it sat, a gold bow on the drivers door. A quick
> check of the tail (no comments please), then to the interior. Pop the hood
> and start opening it.
> Voices. I hear voices... <shrug> Some one working on one of the planes....
> Then I hear my name called. I looked up, saw the half dozen people. Humm.
> They look formilliar.... wait. What are they doing here?
> The rest of the weekend is a blur (heck 1100 miles in 9H 45 min. How would
> your brain cells be?)
>
> All I did to get the car ready was to tighten a rear wheel bearing.
> Simple. As Ron said, a bit hard on the cold start, but MAN. What a roar!
>
> On the way home, hit white out conditions, the snow so deep and fast that
> 2 lane highway was down to one and slow speeds. Almost slid into an SUV,
> tried frantically to hit the snow bank instead. Thank god I stopped a foot
> away.
>
> The car ran perfectly the whole way (apart from the lack of H2O temp and
> the bloody red light flashing, flashing for 1100 miles) AND a mis reading
> speedo. Hummm. 3500 prm, 4K transaxle... about 65? Well the cops left me a
> lone and I got home.
>
> What? Who's calling my name? Ohhh... Its my pillow.. Coming dear!
>
> Gotta go. Thats a fast update. (god its like one of Caths!) Damn it. Now I
> have to find Mars Red nail polish.....
>
>
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