In a message dated 8/18/2010 9:15:16 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
chuckypool@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
I'll bet it's busy on Woodward today too.
I reply: |
We drove down there last evening, and had dinner at the "Athens" Coney
Island Restaurant. (It's one of those stainless steel dining cars.)
It was packed.
Remember, it's just Tuesday, the cruise is Saturday. Woodward was
packed! Bumper to bumper stop and go traffic for at least three miles, and
really busy from northern Birmingham to Ferndale.
Everything went fine with my 1957 Chrysler until coming home along M-24
highway, in the dark. M-24 has expansion heaving about every 400-500 feet
that are a real hard "Jolt". Finally, one of them created a dead short
somewhere in the electric system. The engine died, the lights went to
about half-bright, and smoke started pouring from under the dash, so thick you
had trouble seeing.
Luckily, there was a place to pull off "Right Now", and I had one of those
battery cable disconnect switches under the hood. My wife is still
amazed. She said that's the fastest she's seen me move In years! The
only thing I remember thinking as I got out was that I'd not set the parking
brake and that I hoped it didn't run me over when I jumped in front to open the
hood. I don't know how everyone else got out, but they all agreed I won
the race!
I turned the switch off, and remember seeing the wires under the hood pale
from bright red to dark, as they cooled off. That was a real relief!
We came home on a flat-bed wrecker. The car's out there in the
driveway, and I've not yet looked under the hood, but I don't think I'll be
driving it any more this week. Next trip will probably be in Mickey's
red Camaro convertible!
Tune in tomorrow for the next exciting episode!
Joe
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