hows about this for a discussion:

what is the worst, most ghetto-tacular repair you have ever been forced into doing to keep your car or truck running & driving?

i know about how bondo, chickin wire & newspaper make great rot repair, i have even seen cement used to fill a gaping hole on a furd cortina, lol.
then theres duct tape, which can act as weatherstripping, trunk, hood & door laches, ventshades, or seat upholstry.

i know that at least some members must have had a horrible vehicle before their montes, so what did you do to keep them on the road without dipping into the all important "monte down payment fund"

ps: does anyone know why some words in my post are highlited ads for , 'gah' TOYODA!!! (the horror)
(they just went away, phew')

 

I got 2.

I used to have a 60 Apache and used a hanger wire as an accelerator rod.

My brother used to have a 64 Impala. He and a friend were out in the rain and the wipers stopped working. They used shoe laces to tie them from both sides of the car and pulled back and forth to clear out the rain.

 

A co-worker replaced the destroyed rear bumper on his Ford Tempo with a piece of 2x8 lumber. Painted it black to match the car.

 

ive seen alot people do that around here.

 

Kinda like "body work by Bob Vila"?

 

Bob Villa is too good for them. More like Tim Allen.

 

hahaha my friend dennis's car in high school did the exact same thing. i forget what they used for string but it was funny as hell. glad i was in the backseat!

 

chuck norris once ran out of gas, he stared at the motor till it started!!!!!

 

 

my friend had to do that with his 81 dodge pickup about a week ago! we were up in milford, its about a 45 minute ride through the back roads in the pouring rain, and his wipers quit! it sucked, to say the least, lol.

as for the coat hanger, my dad and his friend used an umbrella shaft as a temporary cluch linkage in the friends furd fairlane. it lasted a good 3 days...