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Subject:Re: unknown Westy secrets
From:Karl Mullendore
Date:Fri, 10 Nov 2000 14:04:20 -0500

----- Original Message ----- >
> Thanks, you found a few I didn't know about, but did you know about these?
>
> If you reach all 49 states, you get a bonus 200K, so you can make the trip
> all over again on the same motor.

OH joy! Only Alaska yet to reach....

> If your odometer reaches 300K you enable the special chip and get an extra
> 100hp.

Hmmmm....that didn't kick in, or is that miles and not kilometers?

> If you can get the Westy up to 120mph, the wings automatically unfold, so
> twisting the turn signal switch isn't necessary.

Robert Lilley? can this really be?

> There's a switch on the bottom of the radiator that sets the engine for
air
> or water cooling.  If you switch from water to air, you need to drain all
of
> your coolant, and then unbolt the cover plate for your air intake in the
> engine compartment.

A customer tried that, didn't work too well, severely cooked the
engine.....maybe he didn't open the 'air intake' soon enough.

> Also a little known fact is that there was a secret one-millionth Westy
> delivered from the factory with a special gold stamped medallion on the
> bottom of the rear heater core.  Anyone who finds this, wins a lifetime
> supply of Westies.  The prize has never been claimed.

You can bet we will all be pulling out our heater cores to look! LOL!

Karl

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