Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding...And we have a winner! I wondered if anyone else noticed that too. Dave > On 7/3/10, Knud-Erik Holm <kebh@xxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Drivers side is lefthand. > > > > Knud erik sport fury 62 Denmark > > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > > Fra: Dodger7998@xxxxxxx > [mailto:Dodger7998@xxxxxxx] > > Sendt: 3. juli 2010 22:59 > > Til: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > > Emne: Re: Repair Mistakes & Blunders > > > > > > > > Sitting here LMAO thinking that there are still > a lot of you going to > > have problem with your lug nuts if you do not catch > the mistake in this > > story,,,,,,,,,,will be waiting to see who replies > first with why the story > > is > > not true > > > > > > In a message dated 7/3/2010 10:49:01 A.M. Central > Daylight Time, > > spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx > writes: > > > > > > This applies to our favorite cars too, so I'm > passing it along, from a > > RockAuto newsletter: > > > > > ============================================================================ > > =================================================== > > When I was 16 I owned a 1966 Plymouth Fury. I > enjoyed the car and did most > > of the mechanical work myself. One weekend I > decided to replace the rear > > brake shoes. Simple enough I thought, just > remove the wheel, brake drum, > > brake linkage, brake shoes, have the drums > turned, then reverse the > > procedure. > > How hard can it be? > > > > The driver's side rear wheel lug nuts came off fine. > The passenger side > > was another story. After snapping two lug nuts off, I > decided to take the > > car > > over to my girlfriend's dad's house. After all, he was > a mechanical > > genius, surely he wouldn't snap any lug nuts. But, > after some colorful > > language, > > he snapped off a lug nut. We were both extremely > frustrated and called it a > > > > day. > > > > Later that night, my girlfriend and I were > watching tv, when all of a > > sudden we hear a loud "AH HA!!!". Her dad comes > walking downstairs with his > > > > pajamas on, shaking his head. He heads straight > into the garage, grabs a > > lug > > nut wrench, and proceeds to turn the lug wrench > CLOCKWISE to loosen the > > remaining lug nuts. The passenger lug nuts were > left handed! The opposite > > direction of the driver's side lug nuts. > > > > He slams the lug nut down, slams the front door > closed, walks right past > > us, slams his bedroom door closed and without a > word, goes to bed. My > > girlfriend and I could not stop laughing. The > next day we repair the lug > > nut > > damage and had another good laugh. > > > > To this day, my now father-in-law occasionally reminds > me of the > > incident...and grins. > > > > Ron in Missouri > > > > > > ---- > > Please address private mail -- mail of interest > to only one person -- > > directly to that person. I.e., send > parts/car transactions and > > negotiations as > > well as other personal messages only to the > intended recipient, not to the > > Clubhouse public address. This practice will > protect your privacy, reduce > > the total volume of mail and fine tune the > content signal to Mopar topic. > > > > Thanks! > > > > 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion > Guidelines: > > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and > > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. > > > > > > > > -- > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > ---- > > Please address private mail -- mail of interest to > only one person -- > > directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car > transactions and negotiations > > as well as other personal messages only to the > intended recipient, not to > > the Clubhouse public address. This practice will > protect your privacy, > > reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the > content signal to Mopar > > topic. Thanks! > > > > 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: > > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and > > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. > > > > > > ---- > > Please address private mail -- mail of interest to > only one person -- > > directly to that person. I.e., send parts/car > transactions and negotiations > > as well as other personal messages only to the > intended recipient, not to > > the Clubhouse public address. This practice will > protect your privacy, > > reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the > content signal to Mopar > > topic. Thanks! > > > > 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: > > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and > > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. > > > > > > > > > > > ---- > Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one > person -- directly to that person. I.e., send > parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other > personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the > Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your > privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the > content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! > > 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. > > >