Weird tricks to cars ?

[ROYC75]

This is a thread about tricks you can do to cars. List the things you could do to your car to make something work when it was turned off, etc. Here's mine that I recall.


As a kid growing up, during High School golf season, our school provided Ford LTD's for us to travel to meets. We would cram 6 boys, a coach and 7 sets of golf clubs into a 73, or 74 or a 75 Ford LTD.

When the meet was over and we were awaiting the team &individual scores of the meet, first guy back to the car jump in the driver's set. Coach would not give us the keys, so you could put your foot on the brake, wiggle the 4 way flasher just right without engaging it plus turn on the radio. Boom, music, you have the radio on to listen to the tunes you could find. You let your foot off the brake, you had to start it all over again.

Finally he started to let us have the keys after finding out what we were doing.

Somehow the flasher and brake lights would short / overload it's way over into the radio in the steering column and work. We found out just tinkering with it one day, early in the golf season, not knowing it would happen. Just being kids, things boys do when bored.

[SAUTO]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

When I was about 18 I really wanted one of those or an MG or a Triumph or something. A friend of mine bought an MG Midget, and it was a fun car, but I'm glad I didn't have one. I don't think I could have afforded the repairs.

I actually kind of want one now, but not enough to actually buy one. I really don't enjoy car breakdowns.

The years didn't make the electrical systems or anything else any better...

[Trivers]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

The years didn't make the electrical systems or anything else any better...

First car was a MG midget. Spent more money keeping it running that my monthly payment. Worked nights while going to college during the day to pay for that piece of fun junk.

2nd car was TR-6. LOVED that car. Basically a little bit of metal wrapped around a V6. I scared myself numerous times in that car.

Thought it would get me the cheerleaders and supermodels. It didn't.

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by Donger

Why do Englishmen drink warm beer?

Because they have Triumph refrigerators.



To this day, I still miss that car though. But yeah, daily inspections were routine.

I worked in an import car parts store that specialized in British cars at one time. Most of the electrical parts were made by Lucas.

So the way I heard that joke was,

Why do Englishmen drink warm beer?

Because Lucas makes their refrigerators.

[displacedinMN]

I had a 76 Cutlass that could be started with out the key in the ignition.
When I sold it, I had to tell the new owner.

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by LiveSteam

Take off all the body parts on Bugs 1972 Lemans.... Hit the dirt road that has a ramp between two sets of railroad tracks at 75mph & launch the car straight up & then straight nosedive ...
Last thing I remember is watching Bugs brand new battery fly off into a cornfield,never to be found again.

You still owe me $100 for that car.

[TinyEvel]

I've had air-cooled VW's most of my life. When I was 20 I had a primered/lowered '66 bug.

One night I got a 2:30 am booty call from a girl who'd shut me down all semester. I jumped in and started the 20 mile drive on surface streets to her place.

3 miles in, my clutch cable broke. There was no way I was gonna give up my chance to finally give her a spinal tap from the inside. I drove the whole way in third gear, timing the stoplights. When I had to stop a couple of times I just started the car in first and tried to match the revs to the speed to force the gearshift into the next gear.

I pulled into her driveway going about 30 MPH and almost rear ended her car. I did rear end HER soon after though.

Plus I had to drive back the same way the next morning

[TravelingChiefs]

To start an old ford with a screwdriver, you only have to run a wire from the positive side of the battery to the positive post on the coil. Jump the solenoid and it will run.

[ModSocks]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

\ My dad restored Mustangs as a business, so we occasionally had to move cars when we didn't have the keys.

Hey, i restore Mustangs as a business. We can be besties now.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by TinyEvel

I've had air-cooled VW's most of my life. When I was 20 I had a primered/lowered '66 bug.

One night I got a 2:30 am booty call from a girl who'd shut me down all semester. I jumped in and started the 20 mile drive on surface streets to her place.

3 miles in, my clutch cable broke. There was no way I was gonna give up my chance to finally give her a spinal tap from the inside. I drove the whole way in third gear, timing the stoplights. When I had to stop a couple of times I just started the car in first and tried to match the revs to the speed to force the gearshift into the next gear.

I pulled into her driveway going about 30 MPH and almost rear ended her car. I did rear end HER soon after though.

Plus I had to drive back the same way the next morning

Clutch move, bro.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

Hey, i restore Mustangs as a business. We can be besties now.

No way. What years do you work with? My dad worked almost exclusively with the '64-'66 models, but occasionally he'd work with one as new as a '72 or '73 if it was a Mach I.

[mikeyis4dcats.]

In college one of my dorm neighbors came out after a night in aggieville and couldn't find his car, reported it stolen. Shortly thereafter it was determined that he got in his early 90s ford probe, drive home, went to bed. Except it wasn't his probe, but another. Guess they looked similar under the metal halide parking lot lights even though they were different colors. Sure enough, they found his still parked in the vile. Apparently the keys on probes were cut poorly and a lot of to keys would start other probes.

[ModSocks]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

No way. What years do you work with? My dad worked almost exclusively with the '64-'66 models, but occasionally he'd work with one as new as a '72 or '73 if it was a Mach I.

64-70. We build show quality cars mostly but once in awhile we do standard mechanical stuff for the right customers. You should check out the gear heads thread as i've posted some of our work in there. I'll update some pics soon too.

Right now we have:

67 Mustang Coupe, full standard restoration, its about to leave our shop, just buttoning it up.

68 Mustang Fastback converted into a wide body, too much custom shit to list. 428 Stroker, 351W based. Full coil over conversions front and rear, custom body, custom interior blah blah blah. This will be the next one we roll out and our first car in over 2 years to hit the show circuit.

66 Mustang Fastback. Im really excited about this one. Custom everything like the one above. Rockin' a '13 5.0 Coyote Supercharged. This thing might be my favorite ever once it's done.

65 Mustang Coupe. Twin Turbo'd Coyote 5.0.

66 Mustang Coupe that we haven't started yet, but will be equally as awesome as the rest. This guy owns a Motocross race team, so it's gonna be beastly, all motor, designed for going balls out fast.

[ModSocks]

oooh, we also have a '68 Convertible. It was a coupe, but we converted it. It's currently in paint.

We don't build cars for the **** of it and sell them like some people assume. Customers come to us, ask us to build their dream car, and then they pay as we go. Most of these projects end up being $150K + projects.

[Rain Man]

Ah. It sounds like you're souping them up. My dad was all about bringing them back to factory.

Some of my favorites were the Mach I's from the later years. I drove a '69 for a very short time, and then drove a '72 for about six months at one stretch. I was a big fan of those cars.

[splatbass]

Originally Posted by displacedinMN

I had a 76 Cutlass that could be started with out the key in the ignition.
When I sold it, I had to tell the new owner.

I learned to drive in a 76 Cutlass Supreme. Good memories.