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Especially if you are going to a date in a ’76 Gremlin and you are 16.
I can’t believe this happened to someone!
WATER/DITCH NOTES
Gravel roads can be treacherous to an inexperienced driver, and can cause a car to leave the road and enter a ditch.
A 258 powered 1976 Gremlin will run for a short period of time while 60 percent submerged in a ditch.
If you keep your foot to the floor and swear profusely, it is possible to go through windshield-high water and still emerge on the far side of the ditch, eventually returning to the road, even if you can’t see where you are going.
Friends and family will stare in amazement at mud, weeds and other water residents plastered to the lower 2/3 of your vehicle.
Mud, water weeds and other water residents are a real drag to pick out of the radiator, fan shroud, engine bay, brakes, …..MUD NOTES
When traveling to pick up your date, be sure you know where you are going, especially if your date lives many miles away and in a rural, isolated area.
Limited access roads are what they say, especially after a heavy rain.
It is impossible to move forward or backward in a 258 powered 1976 Gremlin when the mud is deeper than 8 inches, although it is possible to move sideways.
It is not necessary to use your emergency brake when parking your Gremlin in 8″ mud.
Walking through 8″ mud is very time consuming, frustrating, and messy.
Traffic on limited access roads is very light, especially after a heavy rain.
If you should eventually get a farmer to pull your vehicle out of 8″ mud, be sure your emergency brake is disengaged fully.
When you get back on the road, expect to throw lots of mud for a very long time. Also, be sure your emergency brake is disengaged fully.
It is necessary to rebuild brakes that have been packed with mud and driven 100 miles with the parking brake engaged.
Wheel bearings do not like mud.
Neither do fathers, who find it somehow necessary to rebuild the brakes and repack the bearings.
Your date and her father will be very impressed when you pull up in a mud-covered Gremlin, with clothes to match. Unfortunately, it will not be a positive impression.
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