I drove a 51 chev home from outside Calary with an electric pump, a washer reservoir, and a length of hose.. But I fixed the original fuel pump to continue driving it. It was the original 235/3speed stick, and it was easy on fuel.
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1960 Pontiac Strato Chief Safari 1960 Laurentian Safari 1960 Laurentian 4door(scrapped) 2001 Grand Am Traded on a '96 Suburban 2WD 2002 Hyundai Accent(SOLD) 1968 Grand Parisienne Scrapped and SOLD
I drove a 51 chev home from outside Calary with an electric pump, a washer reservoir, and a length of hose.. But I fixed the original fuel pump to continue driving it. It was the original 235/3speed stick, and it was easy on fuel.
It's good to share a few tricks to get home when no parts are available!!
Reminds me of when I was much younger. Living in Trail B.C. had a girl friend in Rossland about 10 km straight up the mountain. Was driving a 67 Cougar with a rotten gas tank. Used my washer "bag" for fuel, could just make it up to Rossland and back into her parents driveway with fumes left in bag. To leave just drop into neutral and coast back to Trail. Hopefully catching the lights right. Eventually the back disintegrated and I had to resort to the jerry can under the hood, until it shifted and melted on the headers.
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nuts, bolts, washers, and beer. forget that, except for beer
i plumbed in the windshield washer pump, as a fuel pump on my 75 stingray way back when. it was 1am and it got me from parry sound to sudbuy. a 2hr trip took almost 4hrs.
I'll admit to it; Back before drinking and driving was a very dirty word and something you should NEVER do, I, as a teenager, had a separate clean pump system set-up to pump my favourite liquor (mix not included) into the passenger compartment to be mixed into a McDonald's Coke.
When driving my dads '74 Dodge Dart we also kept a couple beers in each inside vent compartment (with a door) in the Winter.
I grew up ... DON'T DRINK & DRIVE!
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Prince Edward Island
'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
Reminds me of when I was much younger. Living in Trail B.C. had a girl friend in Rossland about 10 km straight up the mountain. Was driving a 67 Cougar with a rotten gas tank. Used my washer "bag" for fuel, could just make it up to Rossland and back into her parents driveway with fumes left in bag. To leave just drop into neutral and coast back to Trail. Hopefully catching the lights right. Eventually the back disintegrated and I had to resort to the jerry can under the hood, until it shifted and melted on the headers.
now thats a hill and a half for sure! Back in the early 80s made it from port mcneill bc to woss bc,about 40 miles taped the washer res on top of the quadrabog and gravity fed gas in the carb made it there filled the "tank" twice!75 chevy 4x4..oh the days have gone by!
