Re: [VintageLambo] Happy holiday and prosperous new year

Doc, I would be most interested in your generous offer. Will be visiting my brother this spring for some skiing. He"s in the Denver area. If time permits, I would very much like to see your collection. Dennis "docmirror " wrote: > > Guys, > I"ll be out of touch for a while, and wanted to wish all a happy > holiday. We"re going to Florida to bask in the sun and spend vast > quantities at Mickey-land. I"ve learned a great deal these past > months, and hopefully contributed a bit also. > If anyone has a ski trip planed for next year in the Co rockies, > send me fair warning and I"ll have you over to show off my pretties > (the cars, you nimrods), drink grog, and tell lies about our pretties > (the cars...). While in the land of sunshine, I"ll be looking at a > few cars, but no Lambos. Maybe I"ll get a Willy"s, or an early > Franklin. > As for the carb stuff, my S1 has 22s on the starboard, and 23s on > the port. The 23s have the choke, but I know the 22 can be > retrofitted with the choke mech. or vice versa for a 22, add the mech > to make it a 23. I"v been in cold weather for a while, and I"ve used > ether on tractors, ford diesels, cars with FI, old cars, snow > blowers, 2 strokes, etc. If you go easy (1st post on subj) it"s far > better on the engine than long cranking. I know you all use Synthetic > oil, so cold starting isn"t too bad on the lubed parts. > If you don"t use synthetics, I too recommend preheating the > crank/oil to get it flowing well prior to startup. One other quick > and dirty trick is to BRIEFLY jump across the ballast resistor while > cranking to provide max voltage to the coils. Take it off once the > engine fires to protect the rest of the circuit. > > Ho Ho Ho! Keep the shiny side up, see ya all next year. > > Doc > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to