This is supposedly a real story, told to me by a reliable source.
Harken back to the days when these cars were relatively new, and we were
relatively young.
This guy's got a TR3, and he's real proud of it. He's still in high school,
and like most guys, he likes to tinker with it. He decides the oil pressure
gage is unreliable - after all, its electric. So he sources a real oil
pressure gage, that actually runs a line up to the gage in the dash. He gets
it in, and he's real proud of it! Its working great, just in time to take his
date to the prom. After all, how much sexier can you get than taking your
date to the prom in a TR3? Although I would think she would have pitched a
fit about the wind in her hair . . .
So he's driving along, proud as a peacock in his car, pointing out his very
cool oil pressure gage to this woman who probably hasn't a clue what he's
talking about. He starts to notice that the pressure is dropping on the gage,
and then all of a sudden she starts screaming bloody murder at him.
The oil line is spraying her prom dress.
They didn't make it to the prom.
She never went out with him again.
He sold the car.
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