Re:

["Rachel Bosworth" <Rachel.Bosworth@domain.elided>]

Well... for my 2c worth, I'm sure I've read somewhere (maybe one of the Stag
books) that the front wing badges were fitted by the dealer, so could be
almost anywhere.

...but then, I don't have any either !


-----Original Message-----
From: Weir, Mark <mark.weir@domain.elided>
To: 'stag-digest@domain.elided' <stag-digest@domain.elided>
Date: 09 June 1999 12:38


>First Union Capital Markets Corp.
>
>Fellow Staggers:
>
>Thanks for the feedback on the radio question.  I will install the my
>historically correct, if not technologically challenged BL logo AM/FM
>Pushbutton radio int the dash opening, and then opt for something a little
>snazzier, possibly using the parcel tray for an install.
>
>Jim: I too am in need of measurements for the BL vortex badges, I have put
>this off for too long, and am curious to see what the listers have to say.
>You refer to your car as "mustard"  is this color code (if my memory serves
>me) 71 , "Saffron"?  .  My 71 4spd is saffron on black. Painted in 93-94,
>garaged since.  Should have a scannable pic in the near future.
>
>Finally a sad note.  We bought our Stag in 1982 from close family friends.
>Their son had driven the car while in college and needed a more practical
>car......His mother, Doris, confided in my mother that we should not buy
the
>car (I was 15 at the time and drooling at the prospect of having the Stag
in
>my garage) as they had mechanical problems with it........in the last
couple
>of years Doris was tickled when she learned that I was putting the car back
>to its original color, etc.  and confided that she always loved the car and
>never wanted to get rid of it.....She died on Sunday, and her funeral and
>memorial service were very difficult for me.  Mom and Dad are on a rail
tour
>in Canada, and I represented our family. Doris' son Skip and I talked a lot
>about his former Stag, and it really helped ease the pain for us both.  We
>laughed about how his mom tried to keep us from buying the car under the
>pretense that it might pollute the friendship, while deep down we both
>agreed that she wanted to keep it....Skip's son's ( who is 11) eyes lit up
>when I told him I would give him a ride in the car.
>
>Wiping a tear in NC
>
>
>Mark D. Weir
>First Union Loan Syndications
>704.383.6610
>704.383.6037 fax
>mark.weir@domain.elided <mailto:mark.weir@domain.elided>
>
>