[patton]

1964 International Harvester PU Truck, with an in-line hemi 6.

Actually, that was the best truck I ever owned... the coil wire burned out on the Penna TPK once, and I bent a coathanger, jambed one end in the coil, the other in the distributer cap, and drove it home...LOL

It was a complete piece of cr@p.

But it got me places, and had 560,000 miles on it, when it died in 1994...

[SilentServiceCPOWife]

I admit to not knowing a lot about cars or trucks, but yours lasted for 30 years and had over 500,000 miles on it. How could it be considered a piece of crap?

[tacticalogic]

I bent a coathanger, jambed one end in the coil, the other in the distributer cap, and drove it home..

I drove an Opel Kadet 20 miles with a crapped out fuel pump. I made it to the parking lot of a Western Auto. They didn't have an Opel fuel pump, but they had gallon gas cans, duct tape and quarter inch fuel line on a spool.

Take six feet of fuel line and siphon gas from the tank into the can. Sit the can on fender and tape to the radio antenna. Drop one end of the hose in the can and tape it to the handle, start a siphon at the other end, and plug it into the carb inlet. Had to stop once on the way and put more gas in the can, but it saved me a tow bill.

[softwarecreator]

But it got me places, and had 560,000 miles on it, when it died in 1994...

OMG!!!  Are you serious?  That's fantastic!!

[SoDak]

I had a 1965 version of that truck, 4X4, geared so low 55 mph was a stretch. It was my first vehicle. I'd LOVE to get that one back, it was a beast.