My morning

[The_Dude]

I thought I'd exercise the land yacht today ('71 LTD Country Squire), so I got it out of the garage, and loaded the kid. I noticed the rear tire was almost flat, so I put some air in it. I got about 4 or 5 miles from home, and the sidewall let go. I limped into a cut hay field and looked for the jack and spare. The jack (bumper jack) and spare were where they are supposed to be and the spare had air. I had to dig around for the jack handle, as it wasn't where it should be, but I did find one (didn't fit the lug nuts) along with a 4-way and scissors jack. I thought about just using the scissors jack, but thought it'd be easier to get the car high enough in the air with the bumper jack (big mistake). I jacked it up and got the old tire off, but the new one needed a couple of more clicks. Unfortunately, that was a bit much for the jack and it fell sideways off of the jack. Scared the crap out of my daughter.
I had called my wife to let her know what was going on, and she showed up about this time and took the kid to day camp.
I managed to get the scissors jack under a frame rail and jacked it up enough to get the bumper jack under it. I thought that between the two jacks, it would be stable enough to change the tire. This time it rolled back and fell off of both jacks. I looked around for a bit and found some rocks to block the front tires and went back to work with the scissors jack. By this time, the sheep farmers across the street had noticed my plight, and carried a floor jack over to help. Five minutes later the tire was changed. I took the car straight home and swapped it for something else. I got to work only an hour late.

[VatorMan]

I had watermelon and cherries for breakfast. :seasix:

[The Cripp]

I love that land yacht you got! :seasix:

[The_Dude]

It's going up for sale very soon. I have to get rid of a few things to pay for the latest acquisition.

[The Cripp]

It's going up for sale very soon. I have to get rid of a few things to pay for the latest acquisition.

Let's test my vapid memory... 351 in there?

460?

[The_Dude]

351, no AC. It's a pretty low optioned car but for power door locks.

[OddBall]

Kudo's to the sheep farmers :seasix:

[snide]

Kudo's to the sheep farmers :seasix:

This. Did they let you have a go at a sheep of your choosing?

[Fastguy]

My LTD wouldnt have done that. :leaving:

[The_Dude]

My LTD wouldnt have done that. :leaving:

The tread on these tires looks new, but I know they're 20 years old. Time bombs.

[The_Dude]

This. Did they let you have a go at a sheep of your choosing?
They did look relieved that I didn't have knooger in the car.

[Milton Fox]

Where is the video? :popcorns:

[BADRACR1]

I've had three 1969 Galaxie 500 XL's, all 429's. One was a local dealers' demo so had everything (buckets, console, pW, PL, tilt, vinyl top) seamist green with green interior. 177k miles before it died. The second was candy apple red with white top and GT stripes, red interior, 3.25 9" rear axle. Had 64k when I sold it to get the down payment for my house. The best one I had thirteen years, triple black, Holley carb, Edelbrock aluminum intake, M/T valve covers, Accel dual point, Sonic turbos, lots of mods. Ticketed once at 136 in a 45 zone (1987). Bet a guy one time it would do 100 in second. Got it to 113 (2.80 gearg 9"), then shifted to third! Loved those cars.http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc247/badracr/1969__XL_429_001-1.jpg
Me, circa 1983 with the black car.

[wicked_c6]

AAA for the win!

[island14]

Kudo's to the sheep farmers :seasix:

It is good to say you are a friend of Knooger sometimes. :yesnod:

[69camfrk]

Does said car have fake wood paneling on the side????

[The_Dude]

Does said car have fake wood paneling on the side????

vinyl

[DukeAllen]

Where is the video? :popcorns:

He said he didn't get a sheep!

:leaving: