Author Topic: Carburetor Rebuild Service...by a bunch of high school girls!  (Read 2822 times)

mdsalemi

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Wow. Totally astounded. This came in my Hagerty news today.

https://www.hagerty.com/media/people/girl-power-send-your-carburetor-to-rileys-rebuilds-the-teenage-tuners/

Totally amazed. What entrepreneurs!
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Jonny B

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Re: Carburetor Rebuild Service...by a bunch of high school girls!
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2022, 17:08:03 »
OMG - this is fantastic! Way to go girls!!
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BobH

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Re: Carburetor Rebuild Service...by a bunch of high school girls!
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2022, 17:33:53 »
This is just what the world needs, young people doing proper, useful, productive work, instead of trying to get rich on reality TV
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Re: Carburetor Rebuild Service...by a bunch of high school girls!
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2022, 23:00:47 »
Brilliant ! Will be showing this to my teenage daughters
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Re: Carburetor Rebuild Service...by a bunch of high school girls!
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2022, 21:02:20 »
Now that’s what I call girl power!
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Re: Carburetor Rebuild Service...by a bunch of high school girls!
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2022, 12:18:30 »
  8) We have a place in Cleveland called the "Skidmark Garage". They had an activity a while ago where a group of girls restored a vintage Honda motorcycle! Great stuff!
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