[V8] Cool V8 experience yesterday. (also some manual vs. auto debate related stuff!)

[Ronald G Wainwright]

Lol. 

 Ron 

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On Jun 15, 2013, at 12:45 PM, "Seamus O'Carey" <cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com> wrote:

> I pulled up to a local shop called JSport Autowerks yesterday. The first
> thing I saw was a pearl V8 out front. Then I noticed a silver V8 inside the
> shop. It turns out they both belong to the same person: an old guy who is
> about 80 who has a bunch of V8's all over the country. Whenever he has to
> travel he already has a V8 there waiting for him.
> 
> Whenever he buys a V8 with an automatic he immediately converts it to
> manual. The silver car inside the shop had a 5spd conversion and the pearl
> outside had a 4.2L and 6spd conversion!
> 
> The best parts of the story is that when the pearl car was having trouble
> he insisted that the guy from JSport fly all the way to W. Virginia to pick
> up the car and drive it back to Bellingham, WA to work on it. It broke down
> for numerous reasons (including bad crank sensor and the clutch pedal
> dropping to the floor) on the way back across the country, but he finally
> got it here.
> 
> You can read more about it (and see a pic of the V8 at Indionapolis
> Speedway) on their Facebook page:
> https://www.facebook.com/pages/JsporT-Autowerks-and-Racing/162298238664
> 
> Seamus
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