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kerry · #31 04-04-2007, 11:02 PM

http://www.edu.rcsed.ac.uk/Case%20Presentations/CP22.htm

The Swede · #32 04-04-2007, 11:18 PM

We've had a few guys come into the ER with various objects stuck in their rectums. Toilet plunger handle, cucumber, oversized dildo.... Excuses range from a fall to rolling over onto the object.

iwrock · #33 04-04-2007, 11:24 PM

When I did not know much about cars, I opened what I thought was the trunk on a Porsche, and found a motor!

Whiskeydan · #34 04-04-2007, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by kerry edwards

http://www.edu.rcsed.ac.uk/Case%20Presentations/CP22.htm

Yikes!

The Swede · #35 04-04-2007, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by justinwrock

When I did not know much about cars, I opened what I thought was the trunk on a Porsche, and found a motor!

Same thing happened to me when I was a young punk, mid 1970's.

Our neighbor had a mint red Corvair convertible, motor is rear mounted... Then the son came back from college for the summer and wrecked it after a night out drinking.

t walgamuth · #36 04-05-2007, 06:01 AM

being auto aware from nearly the age of walking, this never happened to me.

i remember naming cars and the year of them from a very early age.

tom w

al76slc · #37 04-05-2007, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

being auto aware from nearly the age of walking, this never happened to me.

i remember naming cars and the year of them from a very early age.

tom w

Easier back in the day when each year's cars looked different. Today they all look the same.

Or did our brains work better?

The Swede · #38 04-05-2007, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

being auto aware from nearly the age of walking, this never happened to me.

i remember naming cars and the year of them from a very early age.

tom w

I remember listening to cars drive down the road at night and being able to guess the make by the motor.

kerry · #39 04-05-2007, 09:14 AM

My sister in law drove her Corvair over a set of rough railroad tracks near a bar. The rear motor mount failed and the engine dropped down (not a big deal in a Corvair). While she was waiting for help, the bar emptied out and people were commenting that the engine fell out and she drove over it.

t walgamuth · #40 04-05-2007, 09:21 AM

on my dad's 65 corvair, after a while you would smell hot oil whenever you ran the heater or defroster.

they handled lovelyly though.

just totally undeveloped and crap quality wise i am afraid.

they copied vw's design but unfortunaely left out the quality.

tom w

TX76513 · #41 04-05-2007, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by waybomb

In the 87 420SEL, I found an envelope from the govt office that handles food stamps. It appears the previous owner was receiving food stamps. While owning a benz.

Well, along with about a hundred bucks in expired food stamps, was $150.00 in cash. Ya Baby!

LOL did the car have a Mississippi title?

kerry · #42 04-05-2007, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

on my dad's 65 corvair, after a while you would smell hot oil whenever you ran the heater or defroster.

they handled lovelyly though.

just totally undeveloped and crap quality wise i am afraid.

they copied vw's design but unfortunaely left out the quality.

tom w

Once the pushrod tube seals started leaking, the heating system was terrible. I had a 1966 which would fill the interior with blue oil smoke if you opened the heater vents and turned on the blower.
But you're right, they handled wonderfully. The only problem I found was that the large flat sloping expanse of the trunk would easily ride up on a deep snowdrift in the wintertime, raising the front wheels off the ground. Controlling it then became similar to turning a toboggan.