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kensousa · 04-01-2012, 08:03 AM

Drove 2 hours away to look at a 57 GMC that I was interested in.
It ran and drove, but barely. There was a lot of chewing gum and coat hangars holding this truck together, but for the most part she was all original and the important parts were there.
Knowing we were asking for trouble we flipped a coin to either attempt to drive it home or go find a U-Haul trailer.
So I'm driving this beast down the highway and it started to rain. Windshield wipers were a couple of those "less than important" parts that were missing.
After a quick stop at the next gas station, some Rain X, and a hand held squeegee like they have at the gas pumps to use while you're filling up, we were on our way again. I'm driving and my buddy is hanging out the passenger window scraping the windshield with that squeegee.
We made it most of the way home, but she over heated and we ended up with the U-Haul trailer anyway.

04-01-2012, 08:03 AM	#44
kensousa Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Inwood, WV Posts: 41	Re: Craziest thing you've done to "just get home" Drove 2 hours away to look at a 57 GMC that I was interested in. It ran and drove, but barely. There was a lot of chewing gum and coat hangars holding this truck together, but for the most part she was all original and the important parts were there. Knowing we were asking for trouble we flipped a coin to either attempt to drive it home or go find a U-Haul trailer. So I'm driving this beast down the highway and it started to rain. Windshield wipers were a couple of those "less than important" parts that were missing. After a quick stop at the next gas station, some Rain X, and a hand held squeegee like they have at the gas pumps to use while you're filling up, we were on our way again. I'm driving and my buddy is hanging out the passenger window scraping the windshield with that squeegee. We made it most of the way home, but she over heated and we ended up with the U-Haul trailer anyway.