Hmmmm...when we were putting the '48 together my wife was helping me install
the hood. She was holding up the front as I installed the bolts. Thinking I had
it all buttoned up, she let go...and took the latch assembly in the head as it
fell. Pretty brave little lady, grabbed it again and held it till I got the
last hood spring bolt in. Only then did she say a few "choice" words!
Only damage I received working on it was a split eyebrow when the ratchet
slipped as I was under the truck cranking down the trans x-member bolts. Owwww!
It's not fair when you maim yourself! *LOL*
Alan Gingles
1948 Chevy 1314
http://www.nucleus.com/~agingles
Johngage@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> This is a true story....so don't laugh too hard.
>
> Monday evening I decided to finish up the job I'd started the night
> before..changing the oil pan gasket on my 59 3100.
>
> Well, everything was just about finished, just wrapping it up: Change the
> oil filter, put the headers back on, and put the starter back in.
>
> Well, I got to the starter....put in the first bolt, left it hanging and
> reached over for the second bolt.
>
> I guess I didn't have the first bolt threaded as much as I
> thought.....because the next thing I remeber is seeing stars! Ya, I
> know...."Don't lay directly under the starter!"....I was over to one side,
> it must have bounced off the header or????
>
> A starter is nothing to be hit with...I've got a broken nose, and have a
> cracked orbital bone (eye socket)....busted lip, black eyes and a cut from
> one corner of my eye to the other.
>
> Yes, I did finish getting it all back togethor...and then, after I cleaned
> up my eye...I weighed the *#@^%! starter...it weighs 35 pounds!! No wonder
> it hurt!
>
> Do any of you guys, who have been working on trucks a while, have any
> similar stories?
>
> Not only is my face smashed...sooo is my pride. I've been workin' on cars
> and trucks a long time....never any bodily damage...other than busted
> knuckles etc.....
>
> Just funny stuff...like mine...not : "The guy next door had the fan fly off
> his 73 Pinto and cut off his head."
>
> John Schulz
> 59 3100 Stepside.....Christine?
>
>
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