Re: Smithey Ironware

On 11/7/2024 1:35 PM, dsi1 wrote:

On Thu, 7 Nov 2024 14:00:40 +0000, fos@sdf.org wrote:

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my father and his buddy told me the story of the hood coming up on a
34 Ford Coupe while going down a winding mountain road more times than
i can remember. they they got out on and stood on the running boards
with my father holding the steering wheel through the open side window
until they got to the bottom.

 Running boards are just awesome. Old folks like me love running boards
to help them get into modern trucks and SUVs. These days, they don't
call them running boards.
 I'd love to be hanging off the side of a 34 Ford Coupe while going down
a winding mountain road - but, I might be mistaken about that.

My father once told me about some of his buddies who had a car with a bad fuel pump, and to get it home, they took the hood off...  Two of them sat on each fender and took turns spraying cans of starting fluid directly into the carburetor...  They drove the car home on starting fluid -- I guess the third guy controlled the brakes and steering from inside.  At least I've never done anything that crazy.