[DeTomaso] Horror Stories....Re: Trailering Tiedown Points

[Larry - Ohio Time Corp.]

Mike

When installing a line lock just put the line lock on one line, meaning you 
would still have brakes to stop the car from rolling down the drive. Right?

Larry - Cleveland


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: <teampantera at yahoo.com>; <davidabell at worldnet.att.net>; 
<mmerritt at eventvehicles.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Horror Stories....Re: Trailering Tiedown Points


>
> In a message dated 3/20/07 7:34:25, teampantera at yahoo.com writes:
>
> << Who was the bro' in Norcal who invited an appraisal over to his house 
> to
> appraise the value of his absolutly stunning black Pantera when as i 
> recall
> (Mikey should know the twisted details) the guys "hydraulic line-brake" 
> let go
> and he rolled down the driveway and smashed into the appraiser's new 
> BMW....and
> yea, he sold the Pantera too! HAHAHA >>
>
>>>>Yeah, that was Michael Harper.  He and I had just gone down to LA so he
> could purchase a BEAUTIFUL Gr4 replica (which was featured in my 
> first-ever POCA
> Profiles, in 1995).  Poor guy was way out of his depth, and simply didn't
> know how a line lock worked.  He thought it was a parking brake.  So he 
> backed
> the car out of the garage a few days later, flicked the line-lock with his 
> foot
> OFF the brake, and started to get out of the car.  The car started 
> rolling.
> He jammed on the brake pedal, but of course the line lock was on, so no
> pressure could go past it.  So with his foot pushing the pedal to the 
> floor, he
> rolled down his steeply inclined driveway and smashed right into his 
> appraiser's
> car!!!!
>
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