Crazy things my Dad has done to cars.

Your dad sounds like my uncle, he's a diesel mechanic. He is probably one of the best mechanics I know but only works on things if he has too. He knows how to keep a car going, thats for sure.

The stuck carb thing reminds me of when I was younger and riding in my brothers car(him 19, me 22 or there about). He had an old camaro and he was showing me how fast it was down a winding back road, where we grew up. He goes "OH CRAP! The carb is stuck again!!" It was stuck wide open! He hits the brakes and stops as best he can and says "GET OUT!" at this point I'm thinking what a brotherly thing to do, trying to save me... then he says "Then pop the hood and tap on the carb!". I reach over and turn the car off and look him straight in the eye and say "ARE YOU F'N NUTS!?! YOU WANTED ME TO GET IN FRONT OF THIS POS AT FULL THROTTLE?!?!" Heeh, brotherly love....