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r_towle
post Jun 20 2016, 02:56 PM
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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.
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r_towle   OT, getting them home stories   Jun 20 2016, 02:56 PM
2mAn   My old Jetta Diesel coupe. Ignition switch died, s...   Jun 20 2016, 03:25 PM
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DBCooper   Thankfully there was a gas station about 2-3 mile...   Jun 21 2016, 07:02 AM
sb914   OT! So move it if you feel the need. I laugh...   Jun 21 2016, 07:46 AM
altitude411   Not really a "get it home story" but... ...   Jun 21 2016, 07:56 AM
Darren C   OT! So move it if you feel the need. I laugh...   Jun 21 2016, 08:21 AM
flyer86d   About six years ago I was working late at the shop...   Jun 21 2016, 08:43 AM
Mark Henry   The shakedown voyage for my freshly restored 1967 ...   Jun 21 2016, 09:33 AM
Amphicar770   Had a 1965 T-bird in the mid 1980's. Probably...   Jun 21 2016, 09:43 AM
DBCooper   No wheel, steering with vice grips on the steering...   Jun 21 2016, 10:40 AM
altitude411   Sweeping left hander coming off the Golden Gate Br...   Jun 21 2016, 10:55 AM
ThePaintedMan   Two years ago was flat towing the 914 to JetsetSur...   Jun 21 2016, 11:49 AM
Root_Werks   1990, had a buddies baja bug we swapped some wheel...   Jun 21 2016, 12:01 PM
r_towle   I once purchased a car for 75 bucks. Bolted on my ...   Jun 21 2016, 04:06 PM
rdauenhauer   >:D So this was ...some time ago. Preface: My ...   Jun 22 2016, 12:17 PM
914_teener   Here is mine...air cooled. Got this car back in 7...   Jun 22 2016, 01:45 PM
oakdalecurtis   As a newly elected Councilman in a small rural cen...   Jun 22 2016, 04:55 PM
oakdalecurtis   Here's another "I can't believe it...   Jun 22 2016, 05:45 PM
Andyrew   Here's another "I can't believe it...   Jun 23 2016, 08:24 AM
DBCooper   City councilman with a 914? And sweet-talkin...   Jun 23 2016, 07:15 AM
2mAn   didnt think there would be so many 914 owners in M...   Jun 23 2016, 03:21 PM
DirtyCossack   While I was working Public Affairs at Ft Sill, OK ...   Jun 23 2016, 03:52 PM
r_towle   While I was working Public Affairs at Ft Sill, OK...   Jun 24 2016, 12:20 AM
DirtyCossack   While I was working Public Affairs at Ft Sill, O...   Jun 24 2016, 11:32 AM
bdstone914   Back in the 70's I owned a Pinto = POS Ford. ...   Jun 24 2016, 07:02 AM
r_towle   :D   Jun 24 2016, 09:06 PM


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