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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Today is Hothe's 47th Birthday, and was celebrated with a
tank of Nonthenol<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>as it gets ready for its winter slumber as the snows and
salts move ever closer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>to the capital region.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The engine just turned 161K, and even with the thick oil Im
starting to hear rumbling<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>when I first start it a bit. I remember 15 years ago
heading out to the first invasion thinking<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I was out of my mind driving a car with that old an engine
in it cross country... it had half the mileage<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>then!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>So... I must truly be out of my mind thinking a 1200mile
trip to Alabama is still in this engine, correct?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I suspect I have 2500 miles left in it, but I dont want to
find out I was wrong 1000 miles from home.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Its hot down there in June, and there are some sizable
mountains between here and there.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Opinions? Should I guts it out to the 18 invasion with
it?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Keith<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Topnotch
Restorations<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a
href="mailto:topnotch@nycap.rr.com">topnotch@nycap.rr.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a
href="http://www.a383ina68.addr.com/radiorest/main.htm">http://www.a383ina68.addr.com/radiorest/main.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>71
Squareback “Hothe”<br>
65 Notchback “El Baja Rojo”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>93
RX7 “Redstur”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>95
Chrysler Cirrus Lxi "Cirstallsalot"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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