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
>
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