Best Cobble Jobs Ever!!

[Al K]

'72Satellite440;that is downright effin' SCARY! Uh,do I dare ask for how long he/she drove it like that-or was no one aware of the extent of the rot? Damn...

 

[Revhendo]

Ok....My friend and I were cleaning up his frame and took away all the puddy to find:>>



I realize this is FBBo - but couldnt resist showing u guys what a rusted up Nissan pathfinder could have in store besides its great 4x4-ing abillity..and this vehicle was safety certified...ouch.. Glad we reinforced it and made his frame almost whole again
...yikes

So this is what happens when you buy a car from "The Lost City of Atlantis Used Car Lot".

 

[Redpolara]

Those of us dealing with cowl issues can appreciate this one. Does the blue silicone act as a sealer, a water-repellent, or just add "flexibility"?

Boy,this thread could get interesting...

That's beautiful Al, is it one of those physiatric evaluation test thingys?
ooh ooh I know........is it a monkey interfering with a squirrel:sex:......is that it?,did I get it right?.

 

[Al K]

That's beautiful Al, is it one of those physiatric evaluation test thingys?
ooh ooh I know........is it a monkey interfering with a squirrel:sex:......is that it?,did I get it right?.

Actually;I saw something resembling my hands around the throat of the bastard that I bought the car from. As I hear him say over and over "You won't be disappointed...".

There,I'm better now...

 

[Donny]

Wish I had a pic of my Diamond Plate!!!

 

[Redpolara]

Actually;I saw something resembling my hands around the throat of the bastard that I bought the car from. As I hear him say over and over "You won't be disappointed...".

There,I'm better now...

Yeah I know what you mean Al, there's probably quite a few of us that've been in a similar situation at some stage.

 

[Meep-Meep]

OK, I got one I did, and it involves another VW!!

My buddy had a 1600 bus engine that he needed to know if it ran but had no carb - or a non functioning carb. So as a quick and dirty trick to fire it up I pinched off the fuel hose so it would make a stream and used a putty knife as a throttle blade right on the intake. I covered the intake with the putty knife but left a little gap and aimed the fuel line over the open space and told him to fire it up. He looked at me like I was crazy and I said again "go on, fire it up". If fired and ran fairly well but was a little rich, but what do you want for a 5 minute engineering job?? Throttle response was not bad with my slide valve injection system! I bet I could have tweaked the mixture a bit and had a nice Hillborn style mechanical injection system going!!

 

[scotts74birds]

A pair of jumper cables, a good battery, and a coat-hanger, was all that I needed to repair a broken brake caliper anchor on the side of the road on my old chopper. GHETTO STICK-WELDER!

 

[YY1]

66 Olds 98 (425 Super Rocket) had rusted trans mount. One night it came completely apart and drug on the ground (while causing the fan to hot the shroud as well). All I could do was use two coat hangers to wire it back together. Drove it that way for two weeks until I took it to school and fabricated some solid scab brackets between the frame and trans mount.

 

[69 Runner]

I know someone who used Play-Doh to temporarily stop a water leak in the cowl area

 

[roadrunnerman]

a friend of mine ran out of gas one time in his car and all we had with us was a pint of everclear,put that in and the car fired right up,and the heater started working afterwards. Also have used a pair of pantyhose for a temperary alternator belt. Have used window screen for reinforcement with body filler to patch holes.

 

[misterclark]

About 10 years back, we were leaving the Garlit's swap meet in my buddy's van and it started to rain. He turns on the wipers and they make a few passes and suddenly stop, then we smell electrical burning and get a little smoke show. Wiper motor is dead as a door nail. So Dave un-clips the arm from the motor and he just happens to have a few feet of parachute cord, so we tie a length to the end of each wiper arm and run the ends in through the vent windows. All the way back to Tampa we alternated pulling, eventually getting the rythym right. If it looks stupid but works, it isn't stupid.

 

[Satellite65]

A friend and I found an old moped. We just wanted to ride it but the carb was frozen shut. So we yanked the carb and ran it by squirting aerosol Lysol down the throat. Controlled the speed by 'pulsing' the Lysol. Ran good until it siezed from lack of lubrication.

 

[Pistol Pete]

Back in high school I had a '70 RoadRunner, which had, (as was all the rage in the day) a Craig super tuner II strapped under the dash and no radio where the radio was supposed to be. At the time in New Jersey, we used to get the vehicles inspected at a state run, drive through, DMV inspection station (very cheerful people BTW) Well, on this particular car, the winshield wipers didn't work, which were required.

Fast foward to me behind the wheel and the inspector giving instructions: left blinker, right blinker, horn, step on the brake etc. When he tells me to put on the wipers, I reach through the hole in the dash, grab the linkage and start moving my arm back and forth, making the wiper blades do this less than rythmic dance on the dry winshield. The guy looks through the window and says "What the hell are you doing ?" Um, you said wipers. He was not amused.

 

[64BEL]

I looked at a '65 Satellite for sale 2 years ago. Looked pretty nice for the most part - nice paint job, all painted underneath. After I found some crumbly areas on the driver's side front frame rail, I crawled under the passenger's side. That front frame rail looked and felt real nice and solid. But something looked a little funny. So I put my magnet up to it - and no sticky! Must have been ordered with the rare optional lightweight fiberglass frame! Needless to say, I didn't walk away from it - I ran!

 

[74sundance]

That's hilarious.....

I once had to rip out 7 feet of speaker wire and tie it to the arm on the carb to use for throttle after the little swedge on the throttle cable by the pedal popped off.. Made it back to town and wouldn't you know it, a cop pulls up next to me and gazes at the speaker wire wrapped around my fist and running under the hood. He just looked at me, shook his head and peeled off.

HAHA nice .....My friends throttle cable broke and he used his shoe laces to do the same thing on his 72 Runner.

 

[Revhendo]

About 10 years back, we were leaving the Garlit's swap meet in my buddy's van and it started to rain. He turns on the wipers and they make a few passes and suddenly stop, then we smell electrical burning and get a little smoke show. Wiper motor is dead as a door nail. So Dave un-clips the arm from the motor and he just happens to have a few feet of parachute cord, so we tie a length to the end of each wiper arm and run the ends in through the vent windows. All the way back to Tampa we alternated pulling, eventually getting the rythym right. If it looks stupid but works, it isn't stupid.

Oh that brings back memories of when I was 17. Had to do that in my 69 Charger to get back to LA from Dago. Thanks for the chuckle.

 

[Redpolara]

I know someone who used Play-Doh to temporarily stop a water leak in the cowl area

You promised you wouldn't tell anyone.:sad5: