Re: [Leica] Re: Old Leicas and better than the new Fiats

["Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>]

Damn, Guido!
You are on a ROLL this morning! Go get 'em!
Dan
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Guido Soprano <guidosoprano@hotmail.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 1:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Old Leicas and better than the new Fiats


> Goddam (Sp?)
>
> If only they'd build things like they did in the past
>
> never mind my M6 works perfick, it doesn't burst into flames like my old
> IIIc/M4 used to.
>
> But speaking of flames, gotta go now.
>
> Guido
>
>
> >From: Mark Walberg <Walberg@simmons.swmed.edu>
> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Old Leicas and better than the new Fiats
> >Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 20:47:22 +0100
> >
> > >I hung out with a Fiat Mechanic in the mid '70's, he kept real busy.
> >........
> > >Mark Rabiner
> >
> >Mark. Well of course a FIat mechanic is busy.  Those things are made to
> >break.  I know.  I owned one.  THe clutch cable broke at least once every
> >10,000 miles.  I used to buy them in bulk.  I could change one out on the
> >road in less than 20 minutes.  This clutch cable appears to have been
> >designed by the early Romans.  THe wire cable always breaks right where
it
> >joins the hard steel - every time the clutch pedal goes in, the cable
gets
> >bent at exactly that spot until it breaks.    Other things break, too.
THe
> >paint turns to dust within a year or two, but only on some of the body
> >panels, giving that rebuilt sort of look.  Finally, mine caught on fire
> >while I was driving it at about midnight.  I jumped out of the car and
ran
> >to the car behind me.  The woman driver rolled her window down about 5mm.
> >When I said, "My car is on fire!"  She said, "I can see that." (Fireball
> >spewing from hood.)  I asked if she would drive me down the block to call
> >the firemen.  No way - she wouldn't do it.  I guess she thought [I've
seen
> >the old burning car trick plenty of times.]    When the firemen finally
> >arrived, one said that it was the second Fiat they'd put out that week.
> >Really, no kidding.
> >
> >Fiats are designed and built by auto mechanics.  They know how to keep
> >themselves busy!
> >
> >-Mark Walberg
> >
> >
>
>
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