[DeTomaso] Twas the Night Before Christmas
Larry Stock
larrys at panteraparts.com
Wed Dec 26 11:51:56 EST 2018
And its a true story
On 12/25/18, 9:13 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of marshallgsmith"
<detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of
marshallgsmith at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> That's a classic Scott!
>
> Merry Christmas to you and everyone!
>
> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Scott Mead Photography <scott at scottmeadphotography.com>
> Date: 12/25/18 8:58 AM (GMT-08:00)
> To: DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] ``Twas the Night Before Christmas
>
> `Twas the day before Christmas and I'm in the garage, trying to figure
> out what the heck was going on.
> The AC system that I paid big bucks for, never worked well, not really
> not at all.
> It leaked like a sieve from day number one, the vendor who installed it
> told me to pound sand and move on.
> One day I was driving at a tick past 80, with other cars flying by me
> on the 210 freeway.
> It was a slightly warm day, and I said what the hell, let's flick on
> the AC and see if it'll chill.
> When all of a sudden I had such a fright, there was sudden big wooshing
> sound, a white cloud obscured my rear sight.
> I threw in the clutch and checked all the gauges, oil pressure and temp
> good, my fear faded.
> I pulled off the freeway and open the rear hatch only to find a massive
> caster oil mess.
> The AC had blown, that was clearly the case, so I drove the car home
> and put the car cover in place.
> Christmas Eve came, I went out to the garage. As Santa was coming to
> help me along.
> I pulled off a wheel, and splash shield in my way, dropped the AC lines
> and condenser from the engine bay.
> I had to laugh as I looked at the damage, One tube had blown, like a
> firework package.
> lo and behold Santa arrived, he jumped from his Mongo box truck, a
> wrapped package inside.
> I ripped away the paper with reckless abandon, pulled out the new
> condenser as my heart pitter-pattered.
> Shiny aluminum with all the right fittings, Santa and I started
> reassembly: new hoses, valves and a dryer for good measure.
> The vacuum pump was fitted, drawing every ounce of air out. The gauge
> never wavered, the seal was finally stout!
> I fired the car with a thunderous roar, waking the neighbors and
> shaking their floors.
> R134 started flowing soon after, filling the tubes, chilled by the
> gasses.
> The thermometer probe said it all, a chilly 42 degrees meant all was
> well.
> With a twinkle in eye and foot on the gas, it was time for the Pantera
> to finally haul ass.
> The speedo hitting 80 and cool air on my face I wish you a Merry
> Christmas, and you win every street race!
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