Who out there can figure this one out??ÿ It's really simple if you are familiar with this model of car involved.
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The proud owner of a magnificent 1956 Chevrolet convertible, wrote to
say he had restored the car to perfection over the last few years, and
sent this:
On a very warm summer afternoon he decided to take his car to town.
It needed gas, as the gauge was practically on empty, but he wanted
ice cream, so he headed first to his favorite ice cream shop.
He had trouble finding a parking space and had to park the car down a
side street.
He noticed a group of young guys standing around smoking cigarettes
and eyeing the car rather covetously. He was a bit uneasy leaving it
there, but people often take interest in such an old and
well-preserved car, so he went off to enjoy his ice cream.
The line at the ice cream shop was long and it took him quite a while
to return to his car. When he did, his worst fears were realized...
his car was gone.
He called the police and reported the theft.
About ten minutes later the police called him to say they had found
the car abandoned near a gas station a few miles out of town.
It was unharmed and he was relieved.
It seems just before he called, the police had received a call from a
young woman who was an employee at a self-service gas station. She
told them that three young men had driven in with this beautiful old
convertible. One of them came to the window and prepaid for 20 dollars
worth of gas.
Then all three of them walked around the car.
Then they all got in the car and drove off, without filling the tank.
The question is, why would anybody steal a car, pay for gas that they
never pumped and then abandon the car later and walk away?
The gas filler was inside one of the brake light/fins
They could not find the gas cap behind the taillight.
I need to confer with Marisa Tomei 🙂
Left turn Clyde!
They didn't know the gas filler is behind the driver side taillight. Have to turn the latch - above the lens - then it will open out and down to expose the filler. Clever design.
Dang.?ÿ You geezers are on your toes today.
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Neighbor kid that dated my sister for a while in about 1963 had one of these.?ÿ One night he ran out of gas as he was driving past our house.?ÿ We always had a large fuel tank so fuel was no problem.?ÿ We did not have a funnel that would work.?ÿ We ran gas slowly into a pop bottle.?ÿ Dumped it into the tank.?ÿ Then repeated until we knew he had enough to get home to his house where his family had their own gas tank.
Does this have anything to do with Rod Serling, Mr. Whipple and 3 "ladies" with bright red lipstick? ?????ÿ
@flga
Not really. Well, it does concern geezers who probably know who Rod Serling was and remember the Charmin commercial with Mr. Whipple. As to the three ladies with bright red lipstick, you must be thinking of something in your own very distant past.
The lipstick incident was probably "The three Stooges meet the Dallas Cheerleaders at the North Dakota Avocado Festival".
I posted a pic in a recent post concerning a mutual friend and it whizzed by everyone, almost. What happens to us here now that we are of the "senior" group? Most people probably have me on an "ignore at all cost" list. Do we get thrown out? What's the age limit? OMG! banished because of Old Farthood.
I really shouldn't complain, there's 12 solid hours of "Roller Derby" on TV today. ????
Anybody remember where to put the gas in a Corvair??ÿ hmmm?
Don't have a clue on that one.?ÿ Believe it or not our small town cop had a Corvair for his official police car in the days when GTO's, Camaro's and Mustang's were common transportation for the teenage set (except me).?ÿ He didn't have a prayer if needed to chase someone.?ÿ He couldn't feed the squirrels powering the flywheel fast enough.
He didn't have a prayer if needed to chase someone.
When the subject of outrunning a cop came up, I always heard "you can outrun a cop but you can't outrun his radio." He has help on tap.
Maybe they figured out where the gas cap was but it said "Leaded Fuel Only"...
They were used to electric cars?
?ÿ"Leaded Fuel Only"...
Did any cars actually come with that label at the gas filler port??ÿ?ÿ
I recall when unleaded became a thing that newer cars said "Unleaded Fuel Only" but vaguely remembered that if you had an older car you were on your own to know what to fill it with and whether you needed an additive with unleaded in them.
I have no idea, I'm sure there were several years where both valve types were being produced. Certainly not in '56 though. So maybe the guy put his own sticker on so he wouldn't screw up sometime in the 70's.
Remember those days when the new cars came out with warnings that read "Use unleaded gasoline only". Somewhere around 1970 or a little later I think. I sure didn't own one of those for several years. They had to get old and cheap before I would buy one.
