Ever have one of THOSE days???

[Racin'Jacin]

Decided that I should drive my old '47 Ford Truck to work today - that's the best way I know how to start off the day good!!

Get to work and as I slide out the passenger side I push down on the door handle to lock it. The second I close the door - it dawns on me that THIS isn't how I normally lock the truck. Then I start to wonder if change is BAD. It wasn't long before i realized that YES in this case CHANGE was BAD. I had LOCKED myself OUT of the truck EVEN THOUGH I had the door key in my HAND!!! Yep as it turns out these old trucks have two separate and INDEPENDANT door locking mechanisms. The ONLY way to UNLOCK the INSIDE HANDLE is - well - with the HANDLE from the inside!!!! Key only unlocks the OUTSIDE mechanism.

The things that make you go hmmmnnnn.....

All's well that ends well, but sometimes ya just gotta laugh at stuff


Racin'Jacin

[TireSmoker]

Years ago, a friend and I were out driving around the Bedford automile as he was looking for a vehicle. It was winter time, and for some reason, we were driving my grandma's '94 Cavalier wagon. We had gone into a big open parking lot and got the car stuck on a snow drift. "No problem," we said. We'll just push it off. We put the car in gear, close the doors and start pushing.

One problem: automatic locks. Being in gear, the car locked the doors automatically. So, here we are with the car idling, in gear, stuck on a snow drift. And there's nothing we can do about it. After some calls to my parents, we get a spare set of keys delivered to us about an hour later. Thank god the car never moved.

The real kicker: after this is all over and we get back home, grandma says that there was a spare key inside the gas door! And there was.

One of those days...

-Dave

[Racin'Jacin]

TireSmoker, Your story reminds me of a similar one we did years ago. We were over in Bedford Hts. my buddy was driving his Ranger and we were cutting through the parking lot behind Nichols Bakery (I worked back in there) well my buddy is driving sorta fast and asks IS THIS PAVED BETWEEN THE TWO LOTS? My answer was NO - I don't think so - it's ICE. Well my buddy musta thought any ice would be frozen solid and he turns RIGHT for it and floors it (ok maybe he didn't floor it - it's hard to tell with a Ranger) anyways we go flying across the ice and in reality we were never on top of the ice we're just plowing through it - well we make it about 1/2 way across before the truck is stopped dead in it tracks - my buddy trys to back up - trys to go forwards and quickly ends up STALLING the motor. Normally this isn't a problem - right? WELL in our case the water is about 1" past the running boards which places the exhaust UNDER the water. Exhaust pipe filled with water = starter cannot crank it fast enough to even get it to fire. So we have no other choice but to take a run for shore. Of course every step goes to the bottom of our mini lake and we are rewarded with soaking wet feet and pants. We walk to a gas station where my buddy calls his dad to pull us out with his old Ford Truck - we wait about 45 minutes before he gets there - he was thrilled. My buddy all the time blaming me for our predicament! Apparently I wasn't vehament (sp?) enough with my "No" response. When will I ever learn!!!!!

Fun to look back on and laugh about.

Much like today - everyone walking by got their jab in - mostly 'cause I am a "car guy" they couldn't believe I "locked my keys in my truck" I told them I didn't - most didn't believe me. Good times!!!