What stupid things have you done?

69swinger340391 said
Had a 71 Road runner about 20 years ago. Went to drive it up on ramps to do some work underneath. After some initial resistence, I gave it a little too much gas, and drove right over the ramps.

Got out of the car, and saw the ramps firmly wedged under the rocker panels, front suspension in almost full drop, but the wheels still touching the ground.

It took a couple of jacks, and some patience, but I raised the car high enough to remove the ramps.

Amazingly, there was little damage. The front fenders were untouched, the rocker panels held up without any dents, but i needed to straighten out some sheetmetal underneath, along where the bottom of the front fender bolts on.

Oh, one more stupid thing, i worked at a gas station that had a towing service. They had 5 or so tow trucks. One was a old classic 67 or so Ford truck. We put it on the alighnment rack at night.

It was a manual trans. I put it on the rack one night and let the clutch out before the engine quit, and it jumped of the end. It wouldnt roll back over on its own power, so i hooked up the winch of the 6 ton truck to it.

Well i didnt shut the door all the way, so the truck yanked it over the edge and the door caught the wheel balancer that was beside the rack, bending it back. That was the end of that job too.