Re: Repair Mistakes & Blunders

[Dave64 <lt7dave@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding...And we have a winner!  I wondered if anyone else noticed that too.

Dave

> On 7/3/10, Knud-Erik Holm <kebh@xxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Drivers side is lefthand.
> >
> > Knud erik sport fury 62  Denmark
> >
> > -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> > Fra: Dodger7998@xxxxxxx
> [mailto:Dodger7998@xxxxxxx]
> > Sendt: 3. juli 2010 22:59
> > Til: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Emne: Re: Repair Mistakes & Blunders
> >
> >
> >
> > Sitting here LMAO  thinking that there are still
> a lot of you  going to
> > have problem with your lug nuts if you do not catch
> the mistake in this
> > story,,,,,,,,,,will be waiting to see who replies
> first with  why the story
> > is
> > not true
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 7/3/2010 10:49:01 A.M. Central
> Daylight Time,
> > spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx
> writes:
> >
> >
> > This  applies to our favorite cars too, so I'm
> passing it along, from a
> > RockAuto  newsletter:
> >
> >
> ============================================================================
> > ===================================================
> > When  I was 16 I owned a 1966 Plymouth Fury. I
> enjoyed the car and did most
> > of the  mechanical work myself. One weekend I
> decided to replace the rear
> > brake shoes.  Simple enough I thought, just
> remove the wheel, brake drum,
> > brake linkage,  brake shoes, have the drums
> turned, then reverse the
> > procedure.
> > How hard can  it be?
> >
> > The driver's side rear wheel lug nuts came off fine.
> The  passenger side
> > was another story. After snapping two lug nuts off, I
> decided  to take the
> > car
> > over to my girlfriend's dad's house. After all, he was
> a  mechanical
> > genius, surely he wouldn't snap any lug nuts. But,
> after some  colorful
> > language,
> > he snapped off a lug nut. We were both extremely
> frustrated  and called it a
> >
> > day.
> >
> > Later that night, my girlfriend and I were 
> watching tv, when all of a
> > sudden we hear a loud "AH HA!!!". Her dad comes 
> walking downstairs with his
> >
> > pajamas on, shaking his head. He heads straight 
> into the garage, grabs a
> > lug
> > nut wrench, and proceeds to turn the lug wrench 
> CLOCKWISE to loosen the
> > remaining lug nuts. The passenger lug nuts were
> left  handed! The opposite
> > direction of the driver's side lug nuts.
> >
> > He slams  the lug nut down, slams the front door
> closed, walks right past
> > us, slams his  bedroom door closed and without a
> word, goes to bed. My
> > girlfriend and I could  not stop laughing. The
> next day we repair the lug
> > nut
> > damage and had another  good laugh.
> >
> > To this day, my now father-in-law occasionally reminds
> me  of the
> > incident...and grins.
> >
> > Ron in Missouri
> >
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