Wiedemeyer wrote:
>
> How true, how true! I had the same thing happen to me in a '58 Alfa Romeo
> I had back in the late '60s. The coat hangar did the trick then, too. (My
> female passenger was not overly impressed with my ingenuity at the time,
> however.)
>
> Bob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Webster <trunkie@hotmail.com>
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Date: Sunday, June 13, 1999 12:02 PM
> Subject: hail the wire coathanger
>
> >Hi all,
> > Driving down the road tonight, went over a decent bump and
> >*bang*,*crunch*,*scrape*!
> >My tail pipe hanger had snapped and the pipe was dragging on the bitumen.
> >Made a horrid sound, thought something had gone critical so was relieved
> >when I saw what it was.
> >Went to a nearby house and 'borrowed' a coat hanger and wired it up.
> >They're so handy. 1001 uses from vandal indifferent antennas to makeshift
> >battery clamps. Every tool kit should have one.
> >Andy
> >
Was that before Duct tape?
Ducking and Running.....
Mark S.
Greensboro NC
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