[DML] Re: Michael Luckeys Car

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--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Sontos" <dsontos@xxxx> wrote:
> Anybody have any word on the fate of Mike Luckeys rusted out frame
> replacement party?


Whoa.....boy do I!

His new name is "Luckey Mike". This crazy guy drove from Newport 
News, VA to Cinci, Ohio. I was with Brian Pollard and Greg, view Ken 
Koncelik's stash of lovely cars. We received a call saying the guy 
had arrived, but "broken down" one block from Josh Haldeman's house.

A few minutes later, we recieved another phone call stating that 
the "wheel has fallen off" and to hurry up! After latching up Ken's 
trailer we buzzed back to Josh's house to find this poor guy's car 
doing the "hover conversion" imitation.  Greg has photos. Hopefully 
he'll post them. We -carefully- manuvered the car onto the trailer 
and somehow managed to back it up Josh's near-vertical driveway.

Next day, Josh and Mike took time carefully separating the body from 
the frame. When they were ready, the rest of us joined in to lift the 
body completely off and yank the frame/tranny/engine out.

It was incredible. The frame practically crumbled before our very 
eyes. The thing is, Mike got his "replacement" frame for a song, and 
it's in great shape. The rest of the car looked great from what I 
could see. The body was straight, new seat covers, no cracks in the 
instrument binnacle/dash, heck even the clock and radio display 
worked! The engine needed a cleaning but it's totally worth a frame 
swap.

One more snag popped up though. I heard that after I left, one of the 
engine motor mount castings had broken off so the lower block would 
need to be replaced. Even so, Mike'll have a great car once it's all 
done.

The whole weekend was very educational. We replaced a windshield as 
well. Josh and Ken were very gracious to open their homes, garages 
and toolboxes to us. Josh housed and fed those who needed it. The 
weather was perfect. 

Cheers,

Rich A.
#5335




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