Originally Posted by Donger (Post 12194915)

Why do Englishmen drink warm beer?

Because they have Triumph refrigerators.

LMAO

To this day, I still miss that car though. But yeah, daily inspections were routine.

Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 12194917)

I swear he did it. I don't remember him moving any wires or anything. Maybe my memory is faulty in that regard.

Originally Posted by Easy 6 (Post 12194923)

LMAO his was orange, it was an awesome looking little roadster, very Bond-ish

Originally Posted by Easy 6 (Post 12194911)

An old roommate of mine used to have a Triumph Spitfire... he spent waaaaaay more time out in the driveway working on it than he ever did actually driving it

That thing was ALWAYS broke down

Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 12194902)

You can bypass the solonoid on a 1960s Mustang by crossing two screwdrivers that are touching the wires on either side of it. It'll create a spark and start the car without a key.

Given that there was no lock on the hood, it was a pretty easy car to steal if you wanted to. You just had to find one where the doors weren't locked.

Not that I stole a car, mind you. My dad restored Mustangs as a business, so we occasionally had to move cars when we didn't have the keys.

Originally Posted by Bwana (Post 12194939)

Many years ago I bought a Triumph TR-7. Thank God I had a pickup as well because that Triumph was by far the biggest money vortex I have ever owned. All I ever did was put money into that piece of crap. I remember the day I sold it like it was yesterday, one of the happiest days of my life.

Originally Posted by notorious (Post 12194947)

On 90's Chevy pickups, if your fuel pump (in the tank) isn't supplying fuel, take a hammer or rubber mallet and pound on the tank a few times.

Same thing with the starter.

This got me out of a few pinches.

Originally Posted by Easy 6 (Post 12194957)

They're just like Jaguars, awesome looking yet completely unreliable

Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 12194902)

You can bypass the solonoid on a 1960s Mustang by crossing two screwdrivers that are touching the wires on either side of it. It'll create a spark and start the car without a key.

Given that there was no lock on the hood, it was a pretty easy car to steal if you wanted to. You just had to find one where the doors weren't locked.

Not that I stole a car, mind you. My dad restored Mustangs as a business, so we occasionally had to move cars when we didn't have the keys.

Originally Posted by hometeam (Post 12195013)

Started my 1985 ford tempo like this all the time.

One day I installed a CD player in it. To get to the opening, i had to move the shifter back to drive while it was off.

Went to leave, and hadnt put it back in park. Because I bypassed the whole key mechanism, the car took off like a ****ing rocketship. I SOMEHOW ran and jumped in the shit like a movie and got the car stopped. Only destroyed a fence gate.

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO (Post 12195018)

But you turned the key on first, correct?

Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 12194917)

I swear he did it. I don't remember him moving any wires or anything. Maybe my memory is faulty in that regard.

Originally Posted by Bwana (Post 12194939)

Many years ago I bought a Triumph TR-7. Thank God I had a pickup as well because that Triumph was by far the biggest money vortex I have ever owned. All I ever did was put money into that piece of crap. I remember the day I sold it like it was yesterday, one of the happiest days of my life.