Dan,
I'll take the Alka Seltzer in white or the Yale Security, and a dinner for
two with Dr Poj, please.
Best,
Leland
Leland Torrence Enterprises and The Guild
Conservation - Restoration - Management
17 Vernon Court, Woodbridge, CT 06525
Office 203-397-8505 Fax 203-389-7516
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Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 10:39 PM
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Subject: [BP] Fond Memories...
...from the rear-facing third row seat of a sky blue 1964 Pontiac Tempest
station wagon:
http://www.pojman.com/PP/pocket_protectors/Pages/43.html
We had a 1964 Pontiac Tempest station wagon because it was the only wagon
that would fit into our 1937 house's built-in garage. To make it fit I was
given the exciting job for a 10-year old boy of demolishing a section of the
plaster wall at the front of the garage so that the iconic Pontiac
projecting nose snout could fit between the studs (thank goodness there was
not a stud located in the center of the wall!). With this modification the
garage door would close with 1-inch to spare between it and the rear bumper.
There were three precision docking devices in play to ensure that the front
bumper did not enter into the basement stairwell:
1. Horizontal lines drawn on the front wall; 2. 2" x 4" boards on the floor;
3. A bolt and twine.
Entering the garage with the headlights on, the top edge of the beam between
light and the darker netherworld of the auto cavern would begin to descend
as the car drew closer to the wall. When the shadow line aligned with the
lines on the wall, you stabbed the brake...
...at the precise instant that the front wheels made contact with the
stringer of the ladder frame of 2 x 4s on the floor braced against the front
wall...
...as the bolt hanging from the ceiling went "tap, tap, tap" on the
windshield.
_____________________________________
Dan Becker, Division Manager
Long Range Planning Division
Raleigh Department of City Planning
One Exchange Plaza, Ste 300 (27601)
PO Box 590, Raleigh NC, 27602
919/516-2632 (v); 919/516-2682 (f)
http://www.raleighnc.gov
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