Hearing these stories makes me sad, I feel for all of you, and hope I don't have to go through something similar, although my first car got flooded - water up to the top of the trans tunnel, f'ed up the computer. I don't usually post in these thread because after reading it I just feel crap. Good luck.
Since we are in the mood for fessing up about our bad luck and probably things that we regret we did. How about this one?
A couple of years ago I had the clutch replaced on my ’65 Coupe by a local shop. I drove the car home. It drove well, no issues, until I got near the house. I got the feeling that something wasn’t right with the pedal travel so I turned the car round and headed out for a spin around the neighborhood. The pedal didn’t feel right but I couldn’t quite detect what was wrong. As I brought the car home into the garage, I dipped the clutch as it came to a halt. Then it all happened in a second. The clutch pedal over centered and stuck to the floor with the car in gear. Not realizing what had happened, I momentarily lifted my foot off the clutch pedal, it released, the car lurched forward and slammed into my road bicycle.
I was feeling sick as I got out of the car to inspect the damage. Fortunately the damage to the car was restricted to the fiberglass front bumper which I replaced with a chrome steel one from NPD. The bicycle frame was damaged beyond repair and there was slight damage to the garage wall. Everything is fixed now and I can fess up to my bad luck and wrong decision to pull the car into the garage when something was obviously not right with it.
I feel your pain man! There is nothing as sickening. Time, wrenching, bodywork and paint are great healers. Oh…………as well as the cash to fix it. Good luck with your repairs.
A couple of years ago I had the clutch replaced on my ’65 Coupe by a local shop. I drove the car home. It drove well, no issues, until I got near the house. I got the feeling that something wasn’t right with the pedal travel so I turned the car round and headed out for a spin around the neighborhood. The pedal didn’t feel right but I couldn’t quite detect what was wrong. As I brought the car home into the garage, I dipped the clutch as it came to a halt. Then it all happened in a second. The clutch pedal over centered and stuck to the floor with the car in gear. Not realizing what had happened, I momentarily lifted my foot off the clutch pedal, it released, the car lurched forward and slammed into my road bicycle.
I was feeling sick as I got out of the car to inspect the damage. Fortunately the damage to the car was restricted to the fiberglass front bumper which I replaced with a chrome steel one from NPD. The bicycle frame was damaged beyond repair and there was slight damage to the garage wall. Everything is fixed now and I can fess up to my bad luck and wrong decision to pull the car into the garage when something was obviously not right with it.
I feel your pain man! There is nothing as sickening. Time, wrenching, bodywork and paint are great healers. Oh…………as well as the cash to fix it. Good luck with your repairs.