Mr. Fixit.....

I was not involved but was told the story by the victims and perpetrators.

When I was stationed in San Diego, had a few friends who were, like me, amateur radio operators. We had ridden up to My Otay to do some work on the "ham" "2 meter" repeater, and THAT was a REALLY poor and bumpy road back then, a trail, really.

I "spose" (don't remember) I had been bitchin' about the lack of comfort, so the guys told me the story of an EARLIER trip up to the hill

They had gone up there in "Ben BOX's" Renault Dauphine. (Ben was K6BOX, so the nickname) Anyhow, at some point coming back down, something really bad had gone wrong with the fuel system of the Dauphine, and realize they are rear engine. They got 'er home by ripping off a piece of hose from the windshield washer, siphoned some fuel into a coke can, (several times) and them ran it down the hill with one guy hanging out a rear window, siphoning/ pinching the hose dangling down into the carburetor!!!