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11 Geniusly Ghetto Car Repairs
11points ^
| Sam Greenspan
Posted on 10/04/2013 12:07:49 PM PDT by virgil283
"There's a difference between a ghetto car repair and a geniusly ghetto car repair.
With a ghetto car repair, there's no passion, no creativity. It's like using duct tape to reattach a bumper or putting saran wrap over a broken window.
A geniusly ghetto car repair is different. It's an artistic approach to avoiding paying for a car repair or upgrade. It's finding a solution to an automotive problem using stuff from around the house. The results aren't elegant but they're clever. It's MacGyver meets Rube Goldberg meets People of Walmart.
I picked 11 of my favorite photos that fall under the geniusly ghetto auto repair umbrella. Definitely do try these at home... 1.Front headlight. Wiper blades. Manual lock. Air conditioner Heater....."
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TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: carrepairs
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...GPS. Unless he's planning to take a long, long, long trip... and ford a hell of a lot of bodies of water ... I'm not sure this is going to give him the directions he really needs.;
Turn signal. Does a dog looking to the left count as a turn signal?;
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posted on
10/04/2013 12:07:49 PM PDT
by
virgil283
To: virgil283
Guy I worked with (not a ghetto type) decades ago had the first ghetto repair I ever saw:
Trunk lock busted, so he just drilled and bolted on a gate hasp with padlock.
To: virgil283
I know a guy that actually wanted to do the heater/fireplace thing in an old econoline van.
Asphyxiation did not bother him, but when I pointed out that he wanted to build it over the gas tank, he finally scrapped the plan LOL
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posted on
10/04/2013 12:14:09 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: virgil283
The outer door lock and the AC window unit were awesome.
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posted on
10/04/2013 12:15:14 PM PDT
by
andyk
(I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
To: doorgunner69
Ha! Got that beat. I repaired the headlights on my daughter’s car using nothing but a rolled up leather glove, one tennis ball, and an old doggy toy. No duct tape. Should have seen the look on the mechanic’s face during state inspection.
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posted on
10/04/2013 12:16:46 PM PDT
by
PowderMonkey
(WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
To: virgil283
You can see at least half of these in your typical Wal-Mart parking lot.
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posted on
10/04/2013 12:17:18 PM PDT
by
fwdude
( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
To: virgil283
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posted on
10/04/2013 12:22:09 PM PDT
by
outofsalt
("If History teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything")
To: mylife
There are more naysayers around than visionaries...partly for the reason you gave. Good judgement comes from experience...experience comes from bad judgement.
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posted on
10/04/2013 12:22:18 PM PDT
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: virgil283
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posted on
10/04/2013 12:24:48 PM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
(Just a common, ordinary, simple savior of America's destiny.)
To: doorgunner69
A guy I know fixed the rusted out frame of his pick up truck by welding a pole from a street sign to the frame. It was one of the thick flat poles with the round holes in it. He drove it for over a year like that.
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posted on
10/04/2013 12:27:32 PM PDT
by
peeps36
(I'm Not A Racist, I Hate Douchebags f All Colors)
To: gorush
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posted on
10/04/2013 12:29:17 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: virgil283
Not unique. Did this in 1966 using a tennis ball container ...
... and a couple of hose clamps.
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posted on
10/04/2013 12:29:48 PM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: oh8eleven
When a person has limit money one came come up with ideas to keep your car running.
To: PowderMonkey
I once freed up a frozen door lock on my 1969 Cougar by peeing on it.
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posted on
10/04/2013 12:33:48 PM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(So Obama "inherited" a mess? Firemen "inherit" messes too. Ever see one put gasoline on it?)
To: riverrunner
When a person has limited money one came come up with ideas to keep your car running.So, you are saying that necessity is the mother of invention? Good one. Copyright it.
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posted on
10/04/2013 12:35:26 PM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(So Obama "inherited" a mess? Firemen "inherit" messes too. Ever see one put gasoline on it?)
To: virgil283
Here's my all time favorite. It's a new vehicle produced by AfghaniMotorWerks...
As an international company, AMW is also making a mass transport/camper vehicle for Kenya ("The Obama"...very popular)...
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posted on
10/04/2013 12:35:46 PM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing -- Socrates)
To: mylife
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posted on
10/04/2013 12:37:26 PM PDT
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: virgil283
I drove an Opel Kadet about 25 miles without a fuel pump once. Taped a 2-liter bottle of gas to the radio antenna, and ran a length of 1/4" fuel line from that to the carb.
Had to stop twice to disassemble it, use the fuel line to siphon gas out of the tank to refill the bottle, and then put it back together, but it got me home.
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posted on
10/04/2013 12:41:09 PM PDT
by
tacticalogic
("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: virgil283
I have used a beer can to patch a hole in my exhaust myself.
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posted on
10/04/2013 12:44:45 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(From time to time the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots.)
To: mylife
I’ve seen a couple of wood gassifiers mounted in the beds of pick-ups.
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posted on
10/04/2013 12:47:02 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
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