Well that was dumb...

I've made so many stupid mistakes I can't begin to document them. One REALLY REALLY stupid mistake was when I had the part time job at the auto hobby shop at NAS Miramar. Part of my job was to help guys tune up their rigs. We had an Allen scope in one bay.

One day is a nice (and of course fairly new) Judge, this was ??72--73?? Bear in mind that my own 70RR the 4 speed reverse lock linkage had been DISCONNECTED.

I was somewhat dirty and the owner had walked somewhere else, and I needed to run the engine. I did not want to sit in the car, so I reached in, pulled the shifter into neutral, and twisted the key. "DOH" clutch interlock. So I stood on my left leg, reached in and pushed the clutch with my RIGHT foot, and twisted the key, then let out the clutch

AND OFF WE WENT IN REVERSE!!! The linkage was not properly adjusted, and the "drag?" of the reverse lockout had kept the gearbox IN REVERSE. Folded the driver's door back on the way out