On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:41:02 +1100, "Farm1" >
wrote:

> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:34:34 +1100, "Farm1" >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> There was a reward. It was to bring back a repaired part for an ancient
> >> British sports car. We've did the same trip a couple of months ago to
> >> take
> >> that part and another part to the repairer and we'll do the same trip
> >> again
> >> when we go back to pick up the part that is still there and waiting to be
> >> repaired.
> >>
> > Is there a reason why you send it by post, UPS or FedEx? I could see
> > making the trip to pick up prize livestock, but not a car part.
>
> It's an irreplaceable part. Without it a $50K car would be useless so no
> car enthusiast would risk losing it or risk or having it damaged by
> carriers. The part came back swathed in blankets and very well padded.
>
> Every other car enthusiast who uses this repairer also makes the trek for
> the same reasons as we did and often from much further away.
>
Oh, okay. You hadn't said how old the car was until the last response
I read from you.

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