[DeTomaso] Keeper

[Doug Braun]

	When I installed my engine, my wife was there to help me guide it in.
Whenever I need another hand assembling or disassembling something and my
boys aren't around, she's there to lend it.  She parks her car in the
driveway so both of my hobby cars can be in the garage.  She puts up with
car parts in the den (for storage) and bathtub (for cleaning) and sometimes
in the oven (for baking fresh paint).

	When I caught my engine on fire she ran for parts (to replace the burned
hoses and belt) in rush hour traffic (took her 2 hours).  When she got back
she helped me clean off the extinguisher residue that was all over
everything.  All this so I could attend a Pantera meet the next day.

	She loves the Pantera as much as I do.  She's definitely a keeper.

Doug Braun
blue 73L #5505

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com
[mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of Asa Jay Laughton
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 9:17 PM
To: panteralist
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Keeper


Nice story, she might be a keeper!  ;)

When I rebuilt the engine and transmission in the Mach I, my wife
Shelley attended the majority of garage sessions.  What you have to
understand is that at the time I was using my dad's garage and it was a
20 minute drive to get there.  Shelley would sit and read to me from the
Bible, or do cross-stich, or whatever, just so we could be together and
share the time.  on the rare occasion, I would ask for some help and she
always gladly gave it.  For the big stuff, my dad always helped out, but
Shelley was valuable in the little things.

It's not so much that she does what I want her to do, it's a matter of
us both supporting and sharing in each others interests.  I hope to
never lose her. :)

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired

& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA

1973 Pantera L 5533
[ASASCAT]

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Sean Korb wrote:
> How do you know when you've found a keeper?
>
> Forgive R.O. sentences and  misspellings... I've had quite a bit of J.B.
> Rye.
>
> I've met a few P-car owners with fantastic S.O.s, and I've wondered how
they
> kept them.  The thing to do is date a lot (which I haven't) and do your
> thing and see how they react.
>
> I took the engine out of my Pantera today, and it was more than just an
> event.  Be sure to invite 6 automotive enthusiasts of any stripe to share
> the experience and keep you from doing what I did.  As I removed the
engine,
> unbenknownced to me, the rear chain got caught up in  the works and caused
> the engine to come off balance and lift the car off its jack stands.  The
> S.O. was innocently transplanting cacti to larger pots and noticed my
> distress.   She gave counter balance with her six year old to the engine
> that was destined for doom on the right fender of the Pantera.  Her 120
lbs
> of weight (what every woman would like to be, but is unnecessary due to a
> thing called reality) came into play to keep my engine hoist from tipping
> over.
>
> Thank goodness she came to my rescue!   We worked the engine out with
> judicious use of human counterweights (including her six year old) and
> carefully backing out and in of the cherry that we were picking.   She was
> right there and her son can be directed by hand signals and stern
> authoritative tone.
>
> Now, the thing to do is to invite at least six automotive enthusiasts (you
> can call them nuts, if you think it more appropriate) to do this job
without
> injury, and that's what I recommend.  But if you want to see if your S.O.
is
> worth the indulgence in plant life and room and board, you can use this
test
> at your peril.
>
> I'm going to build her a Jaguar C-type.
>
> sean
>
>
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