JR's Korner of BillyBob's Garage

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PRE-RESTORATION includes log entries of minor repairs and and adventures between time of purchase and time of disassembly for restoration.

JR'S KORNER JR's Korner is the history of BillyBob before I got him authored by my brother, Wm. C. Kephart.

11. Reaming aftermath

Slowly I became aware of someone telling me to repent so that I would be saved. I opened my eyes. It was Sunday morning and a TV evangelist was trying to save me from damnation in the form of a ridge reamer, I am sure. I reached down with my tired, stiff, aching arm to retrieve the Iron City. It was warm, flat and wonderful.

After twenty minutes or so I gained enough strength to hobble down to the truck. I opened the hood; the dreaded ridge reamer was still there! I was hoping, in fact dreaming that I had finished the job but I hadn't. I climbed back in and sat on the engine block as before. I completed the job in about one half hour. No more work would be done on the truck this day. I would return the reamer on Monday now that the job was done. At that moment I resolved to never, never again use a ridge reamer. In the future I would simply remove the entire, intact engine and take it to an automotive machine shop for rebuilding. After all, one seldom gets a cramp from writing a check.

As I entered the store, the numb-nuts had already resumed his laughter. "Tougher job than you thought." laughed the miserable bastard. I tossed the thing on the counter. "Just give me what's left of my deposit." I said ignoring his barb. "Well . . . I'll have to inspect it for damage." It was obvious that he needed to make me bleed some more. "It looks OK. Let's see you had it for an additional two days so you get thirty back." Now that I had what was left of my deposit, I was about to tell him how he lost the opportunity to sell me the much needed engine parts because of his shitty attitude when it dawned on me that he may have the power to black ball me with all the parts jobbers in the area. I simply left.

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Issued Wednesday February 18, 1998

Updated Wednesday June 24, 1998

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