[SEL] Maytags always steal the show !!

[David Rotigel]

Wonder Alan got the noise out of it? Tis a MYSTERY!
	Dave


On Sep 11, 2007, at 6:07 PM, Judge Tommy Turner wrote:

> Alan,
>     Now thats the kind of Maytag I like to see!
>
> Tommy Turner
> Magnolia, KY
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> Alan Bowen wrote:
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>> Yup, Tommy,
>> You said that twice now,,,,
>> So I will tell you.  8>))
>>
>> I ran my Shotgun Maytag for two years and it was the funny looks  
>> and comments from spec-taters that made it fun.  My "Shotgun" is a  
>> piece of aluminum tent pole painted black mounted to an early  
>> Mouser stock with a couple hand made brass bands. The "Shotgun"  
>> was mounted on a pipe stand so the end of the barrel was about  
>> seven feet in the air.  I would have people walk straight up to  
>> the gun and tell me they heard that all the way across the grounds  
>> and they just HAD TO come see what it was.   If you knew the  
>> Buckley show grounds,,,, You would know what he was talking about.
>> A third year I couldn't do because that cracking gun was too much.
>>
>> This year I saw another guy with a wanna-be Shotgun Maytag at the  
>> Buckley show.  It looked like a band saw had cut that stock out of  
>> a plank. It was laying on the ground and I never saw or heard the  
>> engine run.
>>
>> Next year my Maytag will be back, but it will be mounted under a  
>> washer and I will either use the reproduction ball muffler or run  
>> the exhaust into an old brass fire extinguisher.  I also will have  
>> a twin there belted to an eight quart ice cream machine in an old  
>> Radio Rocket wagon from the 50s.
>>
>> I don't think I need to tell you why that will be exciting !!!!   
>> 8>)))
>>
>> Alan Bowen
>> Williamsburg, Michigan
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