so, this is a long weekend, right? So I finally have time to start working
again on my 36 Cadillac - I need to replace a lot of the wood that frames
the body (36 was the last year that they used a wood framed body, the first
year of the "turret top" and of the 1 piece V-8 engine block) - so, I start
removing all the junk I've piled inside the car while I was working on
something else, and I discover two things - 1) a huge pile of termite
droppings, the little beasties have entirely hollowed out the wood around
the rear window, and 2) this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=320557205128 - and in a
Montgomery Wards box, at that - no department store today would actually
sell something so 'difficult' as a piston, but not that long ago, it was
common. How times have changed.

So, what do you think - were the termites my Cadillac's way of attempting to
die of embarrassment for having Ford parts inside? What is really weird is
that I have no recollection at all of getting these, though I have noted on
the box what they fit, so they didn't just materialize in place.

So, an amusing contest (and these things are metal, so it's even metal
related) - what is the oddest unexpected thing that you squirreled away at
one time and surprised yourself with some time later (green food doesn't
count)

let's have some interesting stories to while away the evenings.

--
Bill -
www.wbnoble.com