chronicle # 4

HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE

NUMBER 3 VOL 4

November 3^RD, 2007

WEATHER; COULD’T BE BETTER, COOL, LOW HUMIDITY, 77 DEGREES

GOT A PRETTY GOOD START ON THE FENCE AROUND THE DECK THEN MADE A BOO, BOO, I DIDN’T MEASURE THE LAST PIECE OF FENCE IN THE BUNDLE AND PUT THE SUPPORT POST AT 81”!  WHEN MOM BROUGHT THE PIECE UP TO THE DECK I WENT TO PUT IT IN THE CLIPS AND SAID “AW S—T, IT’S TOO LONG”. WOULDN’T YOU KNOW THE ONE PIECE I DIDN’T MEASURE IS 11” LONGER THAN THE PREVIOUS ONE’S. I GUESS WE COULD TAKE IT BACK TO HOME DEPOT BUT FOR WHAT? I’LL JUSt CUT IT TO FIT AND HAVE A LITTLE MORE SALVAGE TO WORK WITH WHEN WE MAKE THE GATES FOR THE STAIRS AND THE RAMP THE VA PUT UP FOR ME!

WE HAD TO GO TO HOME DEPOT AGAIN TO GET 12 MORE CLIPS, I GOOFED AGAIN AND HADN’T FIGURED ON PUTTING THE ADDITIONAL PIECES DOWN THE NEW PART OF THE DECK THAT GOES TO THE RAMP AND STAIRS! WE’LL SURELY GET THIS THING DONE TOMORROW AFTER WE GET HOME FROM CHURCH. OH YEAH, GARY LATINIS CALLED AND WANTS US TO COME OUT FOR COFFEE AFTER CHURCH WHICH WE’LL DO, WE HAVEN’T SEEN THEM SINCE GARY’S KNEE WENT OUT AND CHARLEEN MADE HIM TAKE HER TO WYOMING SO HE’D STAY OFF IT FOR 2 WEEKS! HE WAS GOING TO GO ELK HUNTING BUT HAD TO PASS THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF HIS KNEE BUT HE WILL GO NEXT YEAR!

MOM’S COME DOWN WITH A COLD BUT SHE’S FIGHTING IT, DAMNED OLD COLD DOEN’T KNOW WHO IT’S MESSING WITH AND BETTER GET THE HECK OUT OF HER IF IT KNOW’S WHAT’S GOOD FOR IT!

I SURE WISH I COULD FIND SOMEBODY TO BUY THE MERCEDES, IT’S JUST SETTING THERE AND DETERATING. KERRY WAS GOING TO TAKE IT DOWN TO HIS PLACE WHERE HE COULD WORK ON IT AND STRAIGHTEN OUT THE CARBS IT ONLY RUNS ON THE FRONT ONE THE REAR ONE WILL COME UP TO SPEED IF YOU SPRAY GAS OR BARRYMAN B-12 IN THE SIDE IDLE JET! THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAS A PROBLEM, THE ENGINE WILL START BUT WHEN YOU PUT IT IN GEAR IT DIES, IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE SOLONOID THAT CONTROLS THE LOCKUP TORQUE CONVERTER IT STAYS LOCKED UP! I KNOW KERRY HAS MORE THAN HE CAN SAY GRACE OVER SO I’M NOT PUSHING ANYTHING!

SO IF ANY OF YOU OUT THERE WOULD LIKE TO BUY A PROJECT CAR IT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE, THE BODY’S STRAIGHT, ALL GLASS IS GERMAN, HAS AN AM/FM SHORT WAVE RADIO AND THERE’S A SPARE ONE IN THE TRUNK, NEW TIE ROD ENDS AND IDLER ARM, SHOCKS ARE NEAR NEW KONI’S, CARBS HAVE NEW KITS AND THE INTERIOR IS LIKE FACTORY NEW EXCEPT THE HEADLINER AT THE RIGHT REAR CORNER AROUND THE BACK WINDOW IS STAINED, SEATS ARE ONE OF THE MOST COMFORTABLE I’VE SAT IN! OH YEAH! IT’S A 1967 4CYL TWIN CARB GAS 200 SERIES 4 DR SEDAN, M/B 4 SPEED AUTO, A/C, FANTASTIC HEATER, P/B WITH A NEW M/CYL, NO POWER STEERING AND YOU DON’T NEED IT WITH THE BIG STEERING WHEEL, I HAVE THE COMPLETE FACTORY SHOP MANUAL ON IT, CHROME ALL GOOD, HALOGEN HEADLIGHTS, ELECTRIC AND MANUAL FUEL PUMPS, LIVE AXLE REAR END, THERE IS THE ORIGINAL SCREW JACK THAT HOOKS UNDER THE CHASSIS. IT RIDES AND HANDLES AS GOOD AS SOME NEW CARS! OF COURSE I HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE IT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS! I HAVE PICTURES IF ANYONE’S INTERESTED OR KNOWS ANYONE WHO WOULD BE! AND IT HAS A CLEAR TITLE

THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.

HOWARD