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Old 03-01-2013, 05:03 PM   #4
Tom Wesenberg
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Default Re: bad day for the A

Yep, that's when it's time to lie down for a bit and relax. I'll bet we've all had those kind of days. My last one was a beautifully restored and painted oil pan. I hung it with heavy copper wire, which was too soft. After the wire slowly bent it dropped the pan 5 feet to the concrete and put a dent back in it as well as mess up the paint. Last summer I took my beautifully restored 1918 Evinrude to the lake for the first run since I restored it in 1977. As I was pulling the trailer and boat up the launch the rope broke and the boat shot off the back of the trailer and since the skeg hit first, it got bent and knocked the motor clean off the transom and onto the concrete, which smashed the tank. Now I get to restore it again. No rest for the wicked.
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