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- From: lockwood@acidqueen.Eng.Sun.COM (Jim Lockwood)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: SURVEY: Home mechanic's favorites
- Date: 14 Aug 1992 00:42:50 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
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- Message-ID: <16evibINN736@smli.Eng.Sun.COM>
- References: <1992Aug12.181611.315@leland.Stanford.EDU> <Bsx8Aw.7pK@acsu.buffalo.edu> <16eep0INN66i@smli.Eng.Sun.COM> <1992Aug13.212200.2819@mcnc.org>
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- In article <1992Aug13.212200.2819@mcnc.org> brooks@mcnc.org (Ted Brooks) writes:
- >In article <16eep0INN66i@smli.Eng.Sun.COM> lockwood@acidqueen.Eng.Sun.COM (Jim Lockwood) writes:
- >>>>>>I'm starting a new survey.
- >>>>>>in the sense of:
- >>>>>>
- >>>>>> b). Easy repair...
- >>>>>>
- >>A '57 Chevy with a small block V8. There is so much room in the
- >>engine compartment, you just climb in over the fender, get in there
- >>with the engine, and go to work....except that you hardly ever need to.
- >>
- >Even easier is the same car with an inline 6. I've owned a '55 Chevy w/ a
- >V8 and currently own one with a 6. Piece of cake. You've got all that room
- >because if something isn't needed to make the car run, it isn't there! Add
- >
-
- I think you got me on that one. With a 6 and no heater I bet you could
- stand on the ground beside the engine on the right side of the engine
- compartment if you needed to.
-
-
- Regards,
-
- Jim Lockwood - KM6NK
- notjim@acidqueen.eng.sun.com
-