Anyone have extremely stupid neighbors?
his idea of a fuel cell is probably a 2 gallon gas can bungee corded in the spare tire well
Please tell me I'm not the only guy who ties an Antifreeze Jug filled with gas to the core support and routes the fuel line from the pump into it to move a car with no gas tank or fuel lines in/out or around the shop while parts are being located or something has to be moved in a hurry.
Once upon a time a fuel pump quit on me out in the mountains. So what did I do? Siphoned some gas out of the tank, filled the Windshield Washer Reservoir with gas, stuffed the hose into the throat of the carb and stomped the foot pedal washer to keep the truck running while I drove it down to a spot where I could load it on the rollback.
Those aren't really scary riggings though, just "get it moving temporarily" type deals.
I have seen some scary stuff though, stuff that people did as "permanent fixes". Anybody remember the Box Frames on the old Isuzu/Mazda/Toyota/Mitsubishi/etc trucks? I've seen more than a few of those that were rotted out and the owners filled them with expanding foam and then slathered roof cement/tar on it to make it look like a frame :wack:
Seen a couple A-bodies that had been doctored too. We're talking Quarter Panels that were 99% Body Filler, with All-Thread connecting the body filler to the trunk floor to keep it from flying off the car :violent1: I also saw one where a guy "fixed" the floor on a Duster by laying down fiberglass mat and smearing filler over a hole the size of a trash can lid :prayer: When I went to get in the car (I was checking it out) he says "Don't put your feet in that area, I fixed it but it won't hold weight" :wack:
Same Seller, different car. Witnessed the impressive power of stupidity at its finest.... Brace yourselves for this one...
Fastback Barracuda (I wanted a FB 'Cuda, still do, but don't have the money anymore :D ) He tells me its got a Spring Relocation and Subframe Connectors and I see those all desirable "340-S" emblems on the hood, I'm thinking "Oh yeah, this could be the car I'm looking for."
I drop down and peek under the car to see the most hideous monstrosity of idiotic fabrication ever. There is a pair of 2x4's (yes, Home Depot Lumber Dept. Subframe Connectors) bolted to the floor and front/rear subframes with huge lag-bolts beat down through the floor into these "connectors" By this point I'm ready to leave and don't want anything to do with either of the cars he had for sale. But something made me stop and take a look at the so called Spring Relocation too.
Ok, the Shackles are moved inboard of the rails. I pull out a flashlight and my jaw drops. This guy drilled a hole straight through the frame and just used a really long bolt (may even have been All-thread) to bolt the shackles to the inside of the frame :prayer: Same for the front spring hangers (one bolt holding a piece of "box iron hangers" to the frame on the inside).
Move the spring perches in to match this "awesome" 5 inch spring relocation? (with no tubbing by the way) Nah! He just slapped the rear up against the leaf springs and welded the u-bolts to the axle. And then in an effort to keep the housing from spinning on these wicked "super perches" he spot welded to large nuts to the axle on each side (probably from the hardware dept at home depot too)