Posted by Steve@Advance on March 06, 2015 at 15:17:20 from (108.245.66.82):
In Reply to: McGyver again posted by Phil Scarborough on March 06, 2015 at 14:42:05:
Reminds me of a documentary I caught on PBS some years ago, about the first car driven from California to NY. Took 63 days, countless breakdowns, lost, delayed fuel shipments, dead ignition batteries, flats, flats, flats, the list goes on...
There were no roads, only trails and railroad tracks to follow. When they would get to a river, they would charge the car full speed into the water, winch it out the other side with a block and tackle, drain the oil and fuel, separate the water, pour it back in.
They discovered this was rather hard on the connecting rods... Once one came through the block. Drug it to the nearest blacksmith shop, beat a new rod out of... Something? Covered the hole in the block with... Something? Back on the road!
Very interesting story! The car owner was a newly wed when he started the trip. Being madly in lust, he wrote to his bride every day with every detail of the journey. Inadvertently documented every thing that happened! Kept the car as a daily driver into the 1940's!
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