<VV> clutch cable

[George Jones]

How lucky can I get???? Well, while traveling with my TCC friends to a show
in NC, I had a clutch cable break on I-85 (a pile-up had traffic slowed to
a crawl). After getting the car into the center median, Smitty Smith and a
number of other TCC members helped me get the car in the air, in a safe
manner (spare tire under the chassis as cribbing), when Walter Carter
pulled a screwdriver out of the tool box and proceeded to remove the rocker
panel trim from his '69 PG. Lo and behold, he pulls a spare clutch cable
out of the trim and hands it to me. Why he carried a clutch cable in a PG
car, I'll never know for sure, but I sure am glad he did. Saved me from
doing a jack leg repair with only what I had in my tool box.

Now, I would call that Lucky!



George Jones
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Corvair Society of America (CORSA)  (since 1987)
Performance Corvair Group
Central Florida Corvair Club (Since 2009)
Tidewater Corvair Club (since 1987)
Central Virginia Corvair Club (since 2006)
'65 Monza Crown V8 Convertible
'66 Monza Coupe Custom
'67 Monza Coupe Custom


On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 9:46 PM, Ken Clark via VirtualVairs <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> How lucky can you get if a clutch cable breaks.  Driving quite a lot and
> was at Ind. St. Fair car show yesterday getting ready to back into my space
> when the ball on the cable broke off.  Had 8 member Corvairs there and got
> pushed into my space.  I had a way to attach a cable to get home , but
> Carlton Smith had the best way yet, maybe some of you have used this
> method.  A "C" clamp to clamp onto the  cable and then loop the "C" clamp
> over the clutch arm that has the end of the ball in it.  Had it on in 5
> min. and made it home with no more problems
> Need to make a little groove in the part where the cable goes to hold it
> in place when tightening the clamp.  To think this could have happened
> anyplace over the weekend and the temporary fix I had would have taken much
> longer.  I hate to think of it happening  in downtown Indy where I had just
> come thru.
> Ken Clark
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