Stupid things us car guys have done

[572Camaro]

At the age of 17, I took my girlfriend to the high school prom in my 1968 Camaro. Having only a stock 230 ci six cylinder, I pulled two spark plug wires so I had a lumpy cam idle.

[zz430droptop67rs]

Back in the day at the age of 19 I had a 55 Chevy with a screaming 0.30-over 283. The solid Isky cam would allow me to buzz it over 6500 on a regular basis.

Once after a brief rain on the streets of San Diego, a split-window Corvette was bugging me at the stop lights. Well, I wasn't going to let that stand.

My chance came at one particular stop. We took off... I was running a Borg-Warner T-10 4 speed. I banged 2nd and the last thing I remember was glancing at the Sun Super tach up around the 8k mark with the rear tires spinning on the damp pavement.

That was followed by some thrashing noises from under the hood. Duh...I managed to nurse it back to the garage, and imagine my surprise when I pulled the valve covers and saw several pushrods poked clean through the stock stamped rocker arms. After that I upgraded to some Isky rockers. LOL

[camcojb]

Originally Posted by 572Camaro

At the age of 17, I took my girlfriend to the high school prom in my 1968 Camaro. Having only a stock 230 ci six cylinder, I pulled two spark plug wires so I had a lumpy cam idle.

A friend of mine had a 68 Road Runner with a 383. He accomplished his lumpy idle by setting the idle so low it would barely run...

[Vegas69]

I sold a 1978 Caprice Classic to a friend for $75. The brakes would come and go and that was disclosed before the money exchanged hands. Magically, the brakes started working fine upon the transfer of the money and he would rip around town with amnesia about the brakes. I must have been in the sauce as I was riding shotgun when we pulled into his folks driveway when to his surprise, his right foot kept hitting the floor board as he pumped the brakes! The next thing I saw was the hood of the Caprice Classic going through the garage door in the detached garage. His Mom didn't have the reputation for being the most graceful lady I'd ever met. When she came home he got the butt chewing of his life. That led to us deciding we'd try our hand at garage door repair. The details are fuzzy, but I believe I had the spring wound up somehow and my hand slipped or the vise grips failed. The spring wound up and my buddies hand just happened to be between two of the doors. Not only did he destroy the garage door and get his butt chewed, he broke his hand. HA HA This was about par for my adventures with him. It was never dull!

Another friend would request the used lawn mower oil in our shed. As per usual with an old Chevy, his camaro marked its territory everywhere he went. It wasn't that long after he started feeding the old 305 black sludge that it started to smoke if memory serves me well.

The last one of the day! ha Another friend had an 1988 mustang with t-tops I believe. Well, every single door handle was broke inside and out. We were Bo and Luke Duke rain or shine! It wasn't long after this that he was thrown in the pokey for driving up the interstate ON THE WRONG SIDE!

[BMR Sales]

I think the Statute of Limits still applies so I will take the 5th!

[68454RS]

I'll just let the picture speak for it's self.. and yes, I did mount a radiator and fire it up in the shopping cart. I'm the skinny blonde kid on the right

FB_IMG_1538614029036 by F G, on Flickr

[XLexusTech]

It must be the fumes..

[Steve68]

Originally Posted by 68454RS

I'll just let the picture speak for it's self.. and yes, I did mount a radiator and fire it up in the shopping cart. I'm the skinny blonde kid on the right

FB_IMG_1538614029036 by F G, on Flickr

Thats a lot of weight for a sopping cart, close to 700lbs there 685 dry weight, scary!!!

[ADY]

At 17, I pegged my parent's car at 135 mph on a freeway in the Bay Area. When I hit a bump and was nearly airborne, I s%&t bricks and ended my quest for top speed.

[raustinss]

Originally Posted by BMR Sales

I think the Statute of Limits still applies so I will take the 5th!

chicken $#it lol