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funny day

1/10/2018

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A post on the LMC website reminded me of a strange day from a few years back. I was driving the B24 (owned at the time) from Chicago to Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, for a vintage race weekend, a 3 hour drive on main roads,  

I was about halfway early one afternoon a few years back, when I noticed the car was running out of gas. Luckily this happened close to a gas station, so I glided in on a "dead stick", without problem. 

After filling up,  it was easy to see that the car now had a flat tire. Everything had to come out of the trunk, to get the spare. So the tire was changed. OK.... things happen.

Now,  it got even more peculiar - as the car wouldn't start, as  the battery (happy up until then) decided to quit. With a push start later,  down the road to the autoparts store, which luckily had the right battery in stock. When I went to pull the battery from the car, the heavens opened up and it started to rain heavily. Very heavily. And I had left the battery pulling strap at home.

Put the top up, although everything got soaked. Got a strap from the store, pulled the battery,  and dripping wet, back on the road to the races, shaking the head in disbelief. What had angered the gods so? Was there more to come?

Luckily not. But sometimes, you can be either very lucky or not at all. It was both this time! 
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  • Home
    • Models >
      • Berlinas
      • Coupes >
        • Why the series?
        • Series in detail
      • Spiders, Convertibles
      • Specials
    • map of differences
    • Character
    • Competition >
      • About
      • Aurelias in Competition
      • Other Racing
      • Nardi
    • Original Cars
    • Advertisements
    • Fangio on the Aurelia
  • Engineering
    • Evolution
    • Engines
    • Crankshafts
    • Camshafts
    • Chassis >
      • Front Suspension
      • Rear Suspension - IRS
      • Rear Suspension - de Dion
      • Transaxle
    • Build Quality
    • Drawings
    • Unusual
  • Outgoing
    • Reference >
      • Web info
      • AST (data sketches)
      • Service Information
      • Parts
      • Color
      • Library
    • Events >
      • Sliding Pillar
      • Castlemaine
      • Registro Aurelia
      • Other Events
    • Tech Tips >
      • Carburetors
      • What cam to use?
    • B20 Restoration
    • B20 road test
  • Research
    • The Book
    • Other Publications
    • Articles
  • Other Lancias
    • Appia
    • Aprilia
    • Flaminia Super Sport
  • Contact
  • Blog