One of the best I'd initially heard about was how my friend's grandfather disconnected 3 of the 6 plug wires on his '63 Dart's 170 Slant Six .
Even at age 14 I thought "this has to be a joke ! No one's *that* stupid !".
Then I actually saw this act of stupidity ! There he was poking around under the hood , and sure as **** , every-other plug wire was removed !
His "reasoning" ?
He seriously believed that his car would run on only 3 of the 6 cylinders , thusly saving him on gas !
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G.M. thought that would work, too, with the V-8-6-4. It was supposed to start out on 8 cylinders and end up running on 4 when you got to a certain speed. It was a disaster.
