Stored the Nova, almost lost in the creek!

Turn2Stone · Poncho Master!

Stored the Nova, almost lost in the creek!

tin indian · Poncho Master!

lol good save!

03cts sport · Uber Guru

Turn2Stone wrote:

1. Changed thermostat in 99 Cavalier for cousins wife in distress.
2. Winterized the Firetruck
3. Move the 78 Nova to its shelter. The shelter is on a flat surface, but not close to level. The yard slopes continually steeper til it hits water. the Nova has no brakes at all. I could have easily lowered it into place with the winch, but was in a rush, and just popped it in gear, then neutral real quick......between the bumps and me using Fred Flinstone brakes it would stop. I had to jam it in park twice as it started to gain speed, once I was close to the shelter door it got away again, so I jammed it in park, and wouldnt you know it......all I got was click,click,click. I envisioned the car and the shelter travelling the next 150 yards to the water. Luckily I had a railroad tie at the back of the shelter to keep wind out! whew

Oh man! I have dreams like that where I drive into the river, or the road gets washed out while I'm on it! (Clearly I have issues.)
Glad it worked out!!

68post · Poncho Master!

Your stories are very entertaining Stone biggrin

57poncho · Uber Guru

68post wrote:

Your stories are very entertaining Stone

Must agree with you 68post stone's stories are never dull or uneventful.

Turn2Stone · Poncho Master!

I am my own worst enemy sometimes...always lookin for a shortcut.

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

Is it the Military training? or just the water in N.B.? wink

68post · Poncho Master!

427carl wrote:

Is it the Military training? or just the water in N.B.?

I think you're also guilty on both counts Carl! biggrin

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

Good Memory! Barry... you are correct.....

no wonder, my friends (non running) S10 ran into my garage today...

Stephenzone · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

did that to my 55 once. good thing there was a shallow ditch at the edge of my property

Beaumont4008 · Uber Guru

I know I should not laugh buts that was to dam funny. I like to here the story on how you got the car and shed back up the hill. LoL

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

Oh, I can relate, Stone.

One morning I started my 6 speed Impala to warm up in the winter. It was a real cold morning Our house is on quite a hill. I guess as it warmed up the trans decided the oil was thick enough in there to just start it creeping. I was away filling the dog dish for about a minute. When I came back, the car was just heading towards the edge of the hill. At the bottom is a couple of trees about 1' in diameter. Instant decision, it's now or never. I ran, jumped in and steered the car across the lawn with all of at least a second or two to spare!

Another time on the back side of the hill I had my new 96 S10 company vehicle parked, hooked up to my car trailer with 500 gallons of water on the trailer unloading into our cistern. It had just snowed, first snow of the year, an inch or two. Warm and slick. I parked the truck just slightly nose down the hill so the tank had touch of slope to drain better (drain valve at the front of the tank). Our 2 year old boy was playing on the slope but we decided to go in the house. We were barely away from the truck and I guess enough water drained from the tank that now the tow vehicle weighed more than the trailer. Down the hill the whole mess went, jackknifed at the bottom, tongue hits the flexible end on the bumper, truck stops 3 feet short of a tree.

No damage to the truck except a scuffed bumper end cap! And more important, a 2 year old escaped with a minute to spare...

We live and learn.

Turn2Stone · Poncho Master!

Whew, now I dont feel so bad....I'm not the only one. I think the 'cutting corners' comes from 25 yrs of marriage, and the fact that the Nova belongs to my son. I think I subconciously considered what may happen, and went for it anyway. I DONT cut corners when I care deeply about what I am doing, like my own cars, or when I'm paid for a job.

Did you ever leave that last sliver of steel on the piece you are working on after cutting it, knowing its very sharp, and having been cut before? Well, I did it twice this week, it cuts deep, and bleeds like a SOB. I will always wear gloves and file it off from now on! Some lessons are learned the hard way, but I got away with one this time.

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

Yes, I crank the front wheels on my manual trans car now when it's parked on the hill.I hate using a park brake on an old car. Usually it will end up with a seized cable...

Pontiacanada · A Poncho Legend!

I used to coast my '74 Honda into my parents driveway with the headlights off so they would't wake up and know what time I was getting home when I was 17.
There was a foot and a half drop off the end of our driveway. Need I say more. disbelief

After a couple hours of restless "sleep", I had to get my brother up at 6:00 am (before my parents got up) to get the car un-wedged off the drive way.
One thing I couldn't coverup was the two deep gouges in the pavement from the car being hung up.

Turn, you are NOT alone!

Ghost Post · Poncho Master!

Pontiacanada wrote:

I used to coast my '74 Honda into my parents driveway with the headlights off so they would't wake up and know what time I was getting home when I was 17.

I used to do the opposite and when eveyone was sleeping roll Mom's Rambler out the drive...usually to go up the road for a few laps of the Mosport track!.
It's surprising how well a '68 Rambler handles w/ a set of MotoMeister bias plys especially through corner 5!!!

~

Turn2Stone · Poncho Master!

Pontiacanada wrote:

I used to coast my '74 Honda into my parents driveway with the headlights off so they would't wake up and know what time I was getting home when I was 17.
There was a foot and a half drop off the end of our driveway. Need I say more.
After a couple hours of restless "sleep", I had to get my brother up at 6:00 am (before my parents got up) to get the car un-wedged off the drive way.
One thing I couldn't coverup was the two deep gouges in the pavement from the car being hung up.

Turn, you are NOT alone!

Deja Vu! I used push a 70's Fury wagon out of the driveway to avoid getting caught, and shut it off and coast back in when I was done. Mom eventually figured out why her car was warm in the morning sometimes. One day me and bro snuck out to the Fury and found a chain wrapped all the way under the drivers seat and through the steering wheel, I thought O well, no drive tonight, but big bro just popped the lock with a hammer and away we went to the Molson yard in Montreal and filled the wagon with cases of beer from trucks loaded for their morning runs. It took hours to dump all the beer down the sewer, so we could get gas money for the car with the empties. I was 13 yrs old (bro was 14), it was wrong on so many levels. I am not ashamed of being a deliquent in my teen years, but a little ashamed of by lack of business sense, as I'm sure the beer was worth more to someone than the 5cents per bottle. Those years are proof positive that boys need a man in their lives. My kids are 18-21-23 and never did anything like that . (that I know of anyway)

grande jim · Guru

Carl Stevenson wrote:

Oh, I can relate, Stone.

One morning I started my 6 speed Impala to warm up in the winter. It was a real cold morning Our house is on quite a hill. I guess as it warmed up the trans decided the oil was thick enough in there to just start it creeping. I was away filling the dog dish for about a minute. When I came back, the car was just heading towards the edge of the hill. At the bottom is a couple of trees about 1' in diameter. Instant decision, it's now or never. I ran, jumped in and steered the car across the lawn with all of at least a second or two to spare!

Another time on the back side of the hill I had my new 96 S10 company vehicle parked, hooked up to my car trailer with 500 gallons of water on the trailer unloading into our cistern. It had just snowed, first snow of the year, an inch or two. Warm and slick. I parked the truck just slightly nose down the hill so the tank had touch of slope to drain better (drain valve at the front of the tank). Our 2 year old boy was playing on the slope but we decided to go in the house. We were barely away from the truck and I guess enough water drained from the tank that now the tow vehicle weighed more than the trailer. Down the hill the whole mess went, jackknifed at the bottom, tongue hits the flexible end on the bumper, truck stops 3 feet short of a tree.

No damage to the truck except a scuffed bumper end cap! And more important, a 2 year old escaped with a minute to spare...

We live and learn.

Well as long as we are telling near mess storys...Here's mine...I was 16 years old and the starter selinoid went on my 66 grande so it would start on occation...I didn't have the money to change it, and my Dad had showed me this really neat trick how to start it by shorting it out with a screwdriver. So for about 3 months every other time I started the car it was....up with the hood and giver the old screwdriver key. One afternoon at my buddys place I had left the car in the middle of there driveway ...cuz i was in a hurry and only staying for a minute...I jumped in the car and hit the key..Nothin...so up with the hood and out with the screwdriver and when I did that ...to my surprise...the car started moving. So like an idiot I run around THE FRONT of the car (allmost running myself over), and as it's going by me, I grab the door handle and throw my right foot onto the break . And the car comes to a stop about a foot from the telephone pole. Yes it wasn't the starter after all, Some twit(ME) left the car in drive when I turned it off. Stupid crap we do