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Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

Ok - one more:

I'll probably mess this up but here's how I remember it:

My dad was telling me about this one time back in the late 60's he was coming home from work on I-69 in Flint, and there is this car hauler broken down off to the right side. Dad worked second shift, so it's early EARLY in the morning, so he stopped to help. Turns out it is Arnie coming back from somewhere, and he has diagnosed that he has broken a piston in the truck motor. It's a big 292 cu in straight six Chevy and so Dad says "... hey, I've got 292 cu in Chevy pistons back at the house". They load up, head to the house and sure enough he's got a whole set. After a snack and some coffee, they head back to the truck and Arnie proceeds to strip the motor down, put that piston in, and get the truck running again RIGHT THERE ON THE SIDE OF THE EXPRESSWAY....

Well, we were telling this story to Howard Maseles one time (Howard used to drive for Arnie) and HE starts telling stories about this same truck! He said one time they were on a tour out west and the brakes went out. Arnie said "aww, that's ok, Howard....just downshift early and you'll be fine". Howard said they drove all the way out and back and never did fix the brakes on the truck!

K

That's a good one! Arnies the MAN!