OT, getting them home stories, Car stories Options

[r_towle]

OT! So move it if you feel the need.

I laugh more now when thinking of the crazy stuff I did when I was young and broke just to get a car home or repaired.

One night, heading up to go skiing with a buddy, by beetle accel cable broke.
It was super cold, dark and we were in a section of NH that has about ten exits of nothing....so remote.

Thankfully there was a gas station about 2-3 miles ahead.
I put on my winter ski clothes, goggles and all.
I sat sideways on the rear bumper with my hand hugging the upright fan and I drove the carburetor while yelling when to shift etc...

What could go wrong......??

How about you guys?
I have a few more stupid stories that make me wonder why I am still here at all.

[Mark Henry]

The shakedown voyage for my freshly restored 1967 bus was a 3700km (2300 mile) trip to PEI and Halifax. Finished putting it back together just 2 days before leaving.

A bunch of minor issues on the way,
I had a rim come loose due to paint in the hole and ruined the lug holes, so I was on the spare.
Top of a carb came loose, lucky it didn't catch fire.
By the time I hit PEI my tie rods were shot, fedex had me complete new rods the next day.
On the start of heading home the shifter rod coupler broke, stuck in 2nd. I asked the wife to search the ditches for some wire, she came back with a paint can handle. it was a total bitch to bend but it did the job.

Leaving the Bay of Fundy, full load, trailer, 65mph, the spare tire totally exploded, lucky that it was on the rear, but still a harry ride.
Had a 125/15 temp spare, had to drive 60 miles to the closest tire shop. They ran out saying they didn't have a tire for the bus, told them to remove the tire from the rim with the bad holes and put it on the blow out rim. The rim was so badly bent we had to take turns with a sledgehammer to it to straighten it out.

Fun trip (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)