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@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 ci...@xenosoft.com >
