YOU FOUND WHAT?
 A Labor Day gathering brought Kevin Carlson, Dean Hickenlooper, Bill Kalafat and Steve Knopps to Stephen Skegg’s garage with the task of dismantling a complete 1980 Rover(TR8) engine that ,when restored, will end up in Steve K’s MGB V8 conversion plan.
The engine had been sitting outside in the tropics of Florida for a number of years and was a reservoir of orangey-gooey rust, congealed oil, and an abundance of stagnated water. Dismantling, mostly by Dean and Bill was uneventful until the timing chain covered was removed. Kevin pointed to inside exposed chamber and said “What the heck is that?” That turn out to be a FROG about the size of a quarter- and it was still alive!
Kevin Carlson, Steve Knopps and Dean Hickenlooper working on a V8 refurbishment in Stephen Skegg’s garage
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Needless to say this was a new experience for us including the much traveled Skegg. The frog was eventually transported to the Willowbrook Wildlife Center whereas hopefully its environment will be more suitable than inside an engine block. (feeding it to Steve’s chickens was an option).
Florida frog finding a unique place to call home.
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~~ Kevin Carlson
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October 2020
