The Thing is just the THING..








Perfect for a beach car. Hope this raises my cool quotient.

Picked it up today. Georgous day for it too. New top, new seat covers, completely re-wired, brakes working now, new tail lights, new turn indicators, new radio, runnin' good. And an amazing thing is that just yesterday I was looking around in my mini-storge for something and spotted a new AM/FM radio and cassette player & speakers still in the box. I pulled it off a top shelf ( Who knows where it came from) and threw it on my back seat. I had no idea what I was gonna do with it, in fact, the Goodwill crossed my mind since the set doesnt' have a CD player.

When I went to ck out the car, Gary Norman, the mechanic mentioned something about radio and I said that i had one on my back seat....So see, the subconscience is a powerful thing. Undoubtably, my subconscience KNEW I'd need a radio in the Thing and now I had one on hand. Gary installed it today in the open dash area. How 'bout that? And for the concerned commenter--Gary attached it firmly w/ a bracket or something. It is just that both speakers face the passenger so he/she gets a full dose of "Sweet Home Alabama" (assuming the radio is what you are listening to) , because the driver must play it loud to hear.

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Anonymous said…
Lundy,

Is the radio bolted down to something? I'd hate for you to hit the brakes and have it come flying at you, which would be fodder for a video similar to the Monkey Bicycle Safety one. I'm not sure I trust your mechanic to consider all the safety implications, although the Thing looks great! Have fun in it!

-your concerned friend
5:54 PM
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