2 Jul
2024
2 Jul
'24
1:51 p.m.
Ha, cool, Fred. I just recently in 2022 I showed up for my Pennsylvania to
San Francisco flight with a 1969 VW MicroBus crankcase (with its guts) in a
large box, hand carried it (oof) into the airport and sent it through as an
additional checked bag for, I think, $50 additional on the spot. Astounded
that that actually still worked. Swapped out the top end in my buddy's
gravel driveway in Tiburon and it's back in service. Can't say that I 100%
"enjoyed" this particular instance of the old fashioned thrifty way of
doing things, but it is kinda bragable :)
On Mon, 1 Jul 2024 at 23:27, Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Airline baggage used to be a good deal.
Size limit on carry-on, weight limit on checked.
Sending a tech with parts on a plane was often much cheaper than rush
shipping.
I remember flying cross country with a pair of VW cylinder heads, two
clutch disks, some hand tools, and a loaf of french bread, in order to do
a clutch on my parent's bug, and a valve job on their Ghia.
Even counting air fare, and 3 hours rental of a floor jack (optional),
with a few hours work, I saved them a substantial amount of money.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com