New Thread: What's Your Best Story Of Breaking Down Or Hitch-hiking Stories???

I bought a 67 Cuda Notchback a few years ago, and brought it home to clean it up a bit.

I installed a new gas tank & line set, and a new stock pump, along with a freshly rebuilt carb. It started and idled beautifully, and even better after I put in the electronic ignition conversion........GREAT, I thought.

On my first test drive downtown, which is 2 miles away, the car just stopped running at about 1.8 miles out.........Funny.........there was this guy, an older man with little to do, sitting in a lawn chair by the sidewalk as my friend and I cruised silently by him......no motor......just a silent passing........He waved.

We pushed it the short distance to the gas station, sure it had run out of gas........I put in about 5 gallons more, and started the car, and then drove it home. Ran fine, but it died again in my driveway. Now, it wouldn't start at all. I'd seen this before, from a bad fuel pump.

I put on a new pump, and away I went.........1.8 miles out, at almost the exact place it had died before, it died again..........a sick and humiliating feeling came over me like a wave as we again passed by the SAME man, in the SAME silent fashion, and again, he waved..............we waved back.

I had to tow the car this time.........Put on yet another new pump, by a different manufacturer, and it started right up. Downtown again, 1.8 miles, and again it died.........I was SO angry I wanted to curse out loud, BUT the same guy was there waving at us........I waved back...........I kept my mouth shut.....towed the car again.

Needless to say, I installed a new Holley electric pump, and I never had another problem.....EVER.

The car has been in NY for 3 years now while I worked in Florida, driven a little regularly by my kids to keep it fresh.....BIG car show just came up in their area.....they cleaned the car, waxed it and gassed it up downtown.....brought it home and put it to bed, ready to go the next morning...............They got up, got in the car, drove it toward town to go to the show.................at about 1.8 miles out, it died......I assume there was an older gent sitting there in his lawn chair waving at them as they passed by without a sound...maybe he thinks it's a new "hybrid" with UFO technology or something......Heartbroken, they had it towed back..............The Holley pump had seized.

I think I'll install a gravity tank on the roof........that'll fix the %$@#$ !!!!