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Ingenuity usually means a clever way of doing things. Stupid sheet don’t qualify.

I’m vadering that flower idea!

I am not a witness to this, but I heard it from two independent sources at different times. (Hey, it’s more than good enough for CNN, right?) This person (identified by name by both sources) bought an army surplus parachute so he could go parasailing behind a 1970s Dodge Super Bee. He would run behind the car while it gained speed and someone would throw up the chute and he would sail. Unfortunately, on one run the chute got messed up and he came down from about telephone pole height and was a human scab for a while. Both sources also indicated that the same person had built a motorized bicycle out of a kid’s banana seat bike and a chain saw. These are north Louisiana stories, so it adds a lot of credibility to them.

One of the sources on that story had a relative in Illinois who rigged up a homemade airboat and ran it on a small pond and somehow lost a part of an arm in the crash in front of observers (probably while someone held his beer). I have to write my source and get the details on that one, because it has been a while since I heard it. My source also claims that he had a relative in Illinois who had a bit of a drinking problem and reached into a secret hiding spot on the farm to get his stash and wound up drinking stump killer instead. Apparently, it doesn’t just kill stumps.

Good stories no matter what, and something to which some may aspire.

Years ago had a Corvair that didn't have any seats. We sat on 5 gallon buckets. Came to a stop sign and stopped too fast and bucket tipped over, throwing me to the deck. Unfortunately a cop was across from us and saw me disappear. Came over and saw what we had and just laughed. Told us to go home.

The original bucket seats.

Rusted out hole in the floor of my first car. I am somewhat ashamed to admit but it was much like an in car trash can that never needed emptying. Put a piece of tractor fender and a floor mat over it in the winter.

Later a piece of seamless steam pipe for a jeep bumper. Worked great. Much stronger than a fire hydrant.

acetylene A trash bag and an ignition source,,, lots of story’s there

In about 1997 I had a '74 Ford f100 that had a rust holes in floor. An "acquired" pair of road speed limit signs and some rivets fixed it nicely!!

In college in Upstate NY in the 70’s for a while I drove a rusted-out AMC Scout 4WD. Holes everywhere, driver’s side doorlock had rusted clean out of the door. When driving I would thread a belt around the driver’s door armrest and my thigh to hold the door mostly closed.

This isn't really ingenuity, but I had a POS pickup one time that had so much permenant dirt in the cracks between the body and bumper, as well as in the bed that I had plants growing out of them. I kept them and even watered them at times.

Same rig had a rusted out hole in the floorboard to spit Cope juice through. I may have even pissed out of the floorboard hole once while driving. There may or may not have also been some bullet holes in the hood and tailgate. Parallax is a bitch.

Seen one touch off from static rolling across the parking lot.

My first vehicle, a '54 Chevy PU with those curved side windows, had corn growing in the bed, and front fenders that flapped like elephant ears. Couldn't budge the spark plugs so I just left them in.

Paid $50 for it, sold it for $60.

Broke the long tie rod on my Dad's dune buggy about twelve miles in. Bailing wired a crescent wrench to it. Then a pair of pliers. Duct taped her for good measure and bombed around the rest of the day. Even flat towed it home 20 miles or so.

Might rethink that one today though.

Busted a throttle return spring driving big rig in the mountains in the middle of the night just trying to get home. There was no spare spring so I duct taped my boot to the accelerator pedal so I could lift as needed.