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Old 11-13-2020, 07:02 PM   #104
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Red face White's Restaurant—

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Originally Posted by Top-Water View Post
Someone on the forum must have a story about this place.
'Can't help with the railroad-car diner, but Charlie's Diner became White's Restaurant before it became Mast Landing.

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Originally Posted by Merrymeeting View Post
These pits were phased out because too many mechanics were killed or injured using them. Heavier-than-air fumes and gases would collect in the pits causing the mechanic to pass out or suffocate if no one noticed their distress.
When I worked in one of those pits, the obvious dangers were the scorpions at the bottom! (This was in South Miami, FL, where I worked on some interesting foreign cars, including the Amphicar!).
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