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<blockquote data-quote="Tony31yrs" data-source="post: 580977" data-attributes="member: 13245"><p>Years ago, just before peak, I was running a split truck all over a rural area. I got a 400 package car (a lot of you never even saw one of these) that the mechanics had been "canibalizing" for parts for others until the parts orders came in. They were so proud that they got this 20+ yr old vehicle back on the road. I drove the 25 minutes out to the first area and discovered the heater didn't work. Air came in through the cracks and holes in the body, but I was dressed warm enough. The wipers, that worked off the engine vacuum, only occasionally worked. I backed into a driveway that was plowed off to the side too far and my one wheel went into a ditch. Luckily a local farmer, with a tractor larger than the 400, pulled me out. After cooling down at lunch, I started driving up a hill to my next stop and the engine quit. The gas gauge didn't work and there wasn't enough in the tank at that angle onthe hill. I rolled the car backwards into a driveway that was level and it started back up. I coasted back into a small town and got gas. When it got dark, I put on the lights, which went on for a few seconds and then cut out. I wound up following another driver closely all the way to the building without lights. When I got back to the building, I threw the keys on my super's desk and said, "If you give me that car tomorrow, I'm going home!" I think it was eventually scrapped.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tony31yrs, post: 580977, member: 13245"] Years ago, just before peak, I was running a split truck all over a rural area. I got a 400 package car (a lot of you never even saw one of these) that the mechanics had been "canibalizing" for parts for others until the parts orders came in. They were so proud that they got this 20+ yr old vehicle back on the road. I drove the 25 minutes out to the first area and discovered the heater didn't work. Air came in through the cracks and holes in the body, but I was dressed warm enough. The wipers, that worked off the engine vacuum, only occasionally worked. I backed into a driveway that was plowed off to the side too far and my one wheel went into a ditch. Luckily a local farmer, with a tractor larger than the 400, pulled me out. After cooling down at lunch, I started driving up a hill to my next stop and the engine quit. The gas gauge didn't work and there wasn't enough in the tank at that angle onthe hill. I rolled the car backwards into a driveway that was level and it started back up. I coasted back into a small town and got gas. When it got dark, I put on the lights, which went on for a few seconds and then cut out. I wound up following another driver closely all the way to the building without lights. When I got back to the building, I threw the keys on my super's desk and said, "If you give me that car tomorrow, I'm going home!" I think it was eventually scrapped. [/QUOTE]
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