[AGL] city driving and real driving

[Wayne Johnson]

Wow.

You owned a '63 Volov?

I thought the Soviets had stopped production in 1945!

wgJ


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> Thanks for remembering my old 63 Volov with -SU Carbs which I loved

> to tune and succeeded doing on yours also. Alas it went the way of Artists

> Vehicle - neglected- not enough cash. A group of Mormon missionary 

> trainees,

> blinded by the rising sun in El Paso did the first good thing-sliced of 

> the front

> bumber and I got a new paint job to boot. After many years of proud 

> service

> thereafter, up and including towing my goods with a 4x4 U-haul, (it rolled 

> like on rails

> in 81/2 hours 630 miles)from El Paso to Austin to attend Grad School.

>

> The Car served (bless it) many a year in Austin, 11 in total but my style 

> of driving let the

> first engine prefer the peace of a wrecking yard where I found its 

> successor for a mere 150 quids.

> I laughed all the way to the bank on that one and the 150,000 miles I 

> further drove the car. Now

> however,  showing signs of overuse etc., loaded with a bucket full of 

> parking tickets from 402 E 6th,-

> I never paid for parking in front of my house-.

> The dear Volov 122s was confiscated by our Municipal Police Force and 

> since I didn´t have the 250 bucks

> to pay for the tickets it began to looked like permanent a loss to me-

>

> But alas theer was a light a the end of the tunnel- a mechanic I met just 

> wanted the engine and I had an

> engine in it, you won´t believe this, it was engine No 3.  A fine  2,0 

> litre, not just a mere 1.8 l as before.

> I did have to go  to the Del Valley junkyard for this improved motor.  My 

> driving style tsks--

> This 2 liter baby had only 18,000 miles on it but my car+s body and 

> especiall the brakes, shocks, steering,

> passenger seat and exhaust after over 450,000 miles were not up to serving 

> any longer so....

>

> It was hard to keep the mechanic interested when he first saw the car with 

> a flat tire in the police

> pound on 7th Street, I persuaded him to listen to the motor, a clever 

> trick, since i loved the tinker and this one

> was another really good motor.-

> So... even after 6 weeks in auto jail this dear car engine did what it was 

> uspposed to do when the ignition key was turned.

> It started up instantly and purrred as only a finely tuned Volvo could do.

>

> The mechanic rolled his eyes in disbelief and I felt his heart beat 

> thicken. Cautiously  I asked him to prepay

> and wait until I had made arrangement with the constabulary.

>

> The City DA took my case poisonally and after pleading and nearly begging, 

> got him to release the vehicle,

> I say motor for a mere 125,00 USD  instead of the 350,00 USD. I walked 

> home with 200,00 in my pocket.

> My pain was lessened.

> He was happy, The DA was happy and i was somehow real happy. It was just 

> before X-mas.

> So it went,

> hans

> berlin

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> On Thursday, November 30, 2006, at 04:47PM, "Michael Eisenstadt" 

> <michaele at ando.pair.com> wrote:

>>Have you?

>>

>>Actually now that i think about it, Frances driving

>>can get you killed. She gave me a lift in the VW

>>bus she once had. That got totalled. I was driven

>>around fairly often with her at the wheel of her

>>BMW 3000 series. Did Barney wreak that car?

>>

>>Years and years later Frances was driving a geriatric

>>Ford Galaxie? and it was at that point that i wouldnt

>>accept a lift anymore. Some years later she got her Mercedes and her 

>>driving

>>COMPLETELY CHANGED. It was remarkable.

>>

>>Apparently Frances totalled the Mercedes while

>>multi-tasking rendering her carless in Gaza. After

>>a whilst, she Artie Osborned/Belmer Wrighted herself

>>a new $900 Volvo. The Volvo's suspension needs thousands of dollars of

>>repairs to make it roadworthy

>>but it is perfectly safe to drive around for errands in.

>>

>>Ach, Hans! Where are our Volvo 122s of yesteryear?

>>Ou sont les neiges d'antan?

>>

>>----- Original Message ----- 

>>From: "Wayne Johnson" <cadaobh at shentel.net>

>>To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"

>><austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

>>Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:07 AM

>>Subject: Re: [AGL] city driving and real driving

>>

>>

>>> Mike.

>>>

>>> You actually have ridden.....in a car.....with Frances.....while

>>> Frances.....herself.....was driving?

>>>

>>> wow.

>>>

>>> :-)

>>>

>>> wgJ

>>>

>>>

>>

>>

>>

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