Midas horror story. Little OT, but maybe not

[JerseyHarold]

The windshield wipers in those Lincolns were hydraulic and ran off the power steering pump. One bright sunny day ours came on and wouldn't turn off. Looked pretty dumb going down the street!

Then there's the time the brake line coming off the master cylinder sprung a leak and I hit the back of one of our other cars at about 2 MPH while parking. Pedal went right to the floor. No damage to either car, luckily.

The crowning glory is, when I finally sold the thing, the clip from the gas pedal to the linkage, conveniently located INSIDE the chassis crossmember under the car, fell off. It was January, cold and snowy. I rigged-up a coat hanger to the carburetor, and ran it through the firewall (lots of grommet holes made it easy). When the new owner came to pick it up, he drove away using my new hand throttle. He actually restored the car like he said he would, then I lost track of it.

Sometimes I wonder why I got rid of it......

[1941Dodge]

I trusted that great 'midas touch'

I took my 1966 Mustang to them, bear in mind, not a 1920's car or something! and they could never get it right, took it there 5 times and they just kept screwing it up, and it was'nt right until I found a couple little places that I now go to for brakes! So, I do not trust the 'Midas touch' because they are touched in the head!