From: J. Wiehe (j.wiehe@sympatico.ca)
Date: Tue Mar 15 2005 - 13:20:56 PST
Ron,
After reading this, I'm going to take a cold shower.
Jim Wiehe
j.wiehe@sympatico.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron" <rojoha@adelphia.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 4:11 PM
Subject: [MV] Another HMV year officially starts in Ronzo's World
> 1st we had the MVMVC flea market this past Sunday down in Lowell, MA.
> Then today, the temp is in the low 40's, most of the 8 inches of snow we got
> last Saturday has melted away from around the barn, we have a bright blue
> sky, and the roads are clean and mostly dry.
> The Deuce stares at me as I round the back of the barn, all the snow
> melted off, though there appears to be a tree limb growing out of the roof
> on the drivers side. Yep, but just a flesh wound.
> What the heck, I'm in the cab, it's a nice day, slap the master switch,
> we got buzz, depress the clutch, swipe the shifter through the pattern, back
> to neutral, punch and hold the starter button, she cranks a bit, stutters,
> cranks some more, shudders some more, catches, misses, catches and.....
> Houston, we have ignition!!!
> Lumpy idle smoothing out, we got oil pressure, air is coming up, settles
> down around 1300 RPM, buzzer off.
> Engage the front axle, transfer into low range, parking brake off,
> stroke her into 1st, ease out the clutch.....
> The folks in the Shuttle might get a bigger rush as they clear the tower
> than I do as we punch through and over the 4 foot snow bank fencing in the
> old girl, but right now I kinda doubt it. She shoulders her way through the
> rest of the snow and starts churning through the mud along side the barn and
> pulls up the hill onto the driveway. I stop and get out to do a circle
> check. All tires are up and hard, no leaks under the hood or dripping
> underneath, inside of all wheels are dry. Lights and directionals work. and
> she's purring...
> The road at the end of the driveway beckons and a school bus goes by
> with the kids staring and pointing at the old girl. What the heck, why not?
> Back into the cab, unlatch the drivers side windshield and open her up 5 or
> so inches, blip the throttle, stroke her into 1st, front axle out, parking
> brake off, ease out the clutch and we're rolling. Right turn at the end of
> the drive, Armstrong steering at max, let her spin back as we accelerate,
> grab 2nd, wind starting to come into the cab, pop third, tires starting to
> hum up the first small hill, clutch and into forth, mash the accelerator
> back down and slide her up into 5th. One of the kids off the school bus is
> standing at the end of his driveway and pumps his fist up and down and we
> oblige with a blast from the horns. Hoooieeee.....spring and summer are just
> up the road...... Life is sweet!
>
> Deuce this is Houston, you're go for throttle up....
>
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