Today I got to live out a life-long dream, which was to be able to say to someone on the phone “Just give Manny a call…”

Longtime readers will remember that, back in the autumn of 1999, the distributor on my 1993 Eagle Summit went kaplooyee, and, in an effort to avoid the insane $1,200 cost of a new distributor, I sourced a rebuilt from Manny at B & B Auto Parts in the Bronx for $350US.

I’m sorry to report that now a similar fate has befallen my wily friend Ann, and so when she called me looking for advice as to where to turn, I was able to relay the aforementioned “Just give Manny a call…”.

My life is now complete.