hillbilly fix it tips

i wanted to strt a thread on the topic of what weird unusual fix its have u found.i have found some pretty wqeird odball stuff but wanna hear what others have found aswell .

hillbilly fixes go way back with me to my first car my 73 duster the carb didnt fit the barrel intake it had on the 318 so they just loaded around the base of the carb with rtv to cover all the gaps,same car had bubble gum wrapers for fuses.
moving on to my 3rd car now my aspen i noticed some weird long bolts sticking out the intake manifold and wanted to get the right size so the head of the bolt would be flush with the intake so i start removing all that crap and notice the brake booster hose is connected to a funcky nipple this is what i thought took the cake b4 this it was the bubble gum wrapers.

first pic shows the nipple
the 2nd ur looking at a 2nd arm that once came off the nipple with a screw in the hole with rtv around it .
the 3rd ur looking at is anouther arm that they actually cut off like the one with the screw but this time welded or brazed it closed
the 4th is the inside where u see the used a 5/8screw

what hillbilly fixes have u had ? some ppl should not be able to touch the under hood or any mechical/elec stuff EVER!

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i wanted to strt a thread on the topic of what weird unusual fix its have u found.i have found some pretty wqeird odball stuff but wanna hear what others have found aswell .

hillbilly fixes go way back with me to my first car my 73 duster the carb didnt fit the barrel intake it had on the 318 so they just loaded around the base of the carb with rtv to cover all the gaps,same car had bubble gum wrapers for fuses.
moving on to my 3rd car now my aspen i noticed some weird long bolts sticking out the intake manifold and wanted to get the right size so the head of the bolt would be flush with the intake so i start removing all that crap and notice the brake booster hose is connected to a funcky nipple this is what i thought took the cake b4 this it was the bubble gum wrapers.

first pic shows the nipple
the 2nd ur looking at a 2nd arm that once came off the nipple with a screw in the hole with rtv around it .
the 3rd ur looking at is anouther arm that they actually cut off like the one with the screw but this time welded or brazed it closed
the 4th is the inside where u see the used a 5/8screw

what hillbilly fixes have u had ? some ppl should not be able to touch the under hood or any mechical/elec stuff EVER!

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