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Originally Posted by RedBarchetta
Ditto on the Rokndad reference...he would be a great teacher.
Speaking of Tom, where the heck has he been?!? 
-Dean |
Dean, Rodney and Mike,
Thanks for the kind words. Thanks also to Jim Beals (car4jim) for stopping by to wish me well.
I don't think I'm much of a teacher, but love to share stuff I've learned so someone else doesn't have to plow new ground. Sorry to let you all know I've been down with some serious health issues the last few months. I haven't been able to drive my car for about two months now, and was very painful the last time I drove it in September. I do go out and start it up in the garage so my shirt smells like gas when I go back in the house.
In a nutshell, I had major emergency back surgery last Thursday, the 3rd, six hours on the table having a lumbar disc replacement and stenosis of the L4 and L5 vertebrae opened up so the nerves can get out of there without being pinched. Although the surgery has been deemed successful, I still have no real motor control of the left leg (clutch) and no feeling in it. I do have to say that my toes are starting to tingle so that's a good sign that something is waking up. The recovery is akin to letting a cord that's been crunched for sometime being able to retake it's previous form and let the signals go unimpeded through. This is a slow process which I'm told may last up to six months. I have some other major health hurdles to clear but my Doctors concurred that the back issue should be dealt with first due to the severe pain. They want me to be healed and virtually pain free before we move to Phase II. If you have never experienced nerve pain, don't. This is a feeling that will make anyone talk to eliminate it.
Today is the first day I can really sit for any length of time without screaming, so I first went to CC, my favorite place and naturally went to the Weber issues. Top End performance in North Hollywood, CA is a small business but they know Webers, and have great customer service. You will pretty much have to learn how to tune them yourself, but Steve, their president, will talk you through some of the early questions. My carbs are from Spain, and seem to be fairly nice, although they are nowhere close to the orginal Italian made carbs like Dean has. $1950 is a good deal for Dean's Italian set up especially since he's including all those chokes and other nice goodies.
Pain starting to set in, so I'm getting out of here to lay down before I fall down. Thanks for the kind words and thoughts. I'm going to beat this ordeal, and be back out there making noise soon.
Tom
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