Great stories here!!
19 yold. 84 Trans Am. Had an oil leak, thought I would Gunk the bottom so it would be a less messy repair (oil pan gasket). Put it in the grassy field behind my house, jacked it up and put it on stands. Fortunately, I did the shake test before climbing underneath. Yep, stands rolled in the grass and it fell to the ground. That would have been bad. Stupid stupid stupid
When I was very young, grew up next door to a short track racing family, still great friends today. The dad was working underneath a 57 Chevy race car and it slipped off the stands, frame crushed his jaw and his arms were trapped underneath the still mostly hot headers. Had to talk his wife through jacking the car up.
Still gives me chills.
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