Im gonna have to put my hand up here.. Maybe it just might stop someone, make them think!..

Recently working on my Cuda I jacked up the back end and put some blocks underneath the wheels and chocked infront of the front wheels, this was so I could do the unis. At some point I had the released the brakes etc so that I could turn the shaft. For some reason I went to the front of the car and had my head in the engine bay and was leaning on the front.. I felt this strange sensation.. what the ??!! I had fogotten to re-apply the brake and put in Park.. the Cuda was now rolling backwards off the blocks!!! BANG! It hit the garge door which was thankfully closed, yes thankfully.... if it had been open as sometimes it is it would have continued rolling and after one car length my drive goes down they would have been no way for me to stop the car ..once rolling no way at all, It would have continued 70 yards building up speed that would have gone through the neigbours house distroying it and the car .. The garage door was easily pushed back on place and the Cuda barely marked the bumper overriders...

Also last night working on thr rockers of the 56 I copped the fan blade across the knuckles.. I wouldn't be the only one .. BE CAREFUL ..



"Came too close to dying to stop living now!"

WOW  that is scarey,also its a 55 crown not a 56   Carl

Working on the '56



Sorry couldn't resist, trying lighten the mood a little. Glad your OK, Carl. I've had WAY to many close calls.

"The Master Cylinder"

Enjoying life at the beach in SOCAL

Carl.  That was close call. Thanks for sharing as it re-emphasizes how complacency can rear its ugly head at any time.   Sure glad you squeaked through that episode without being seriously hurt or worse.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

The bad part is i have a good set of jack stands but they were under my 56 crown,i had it up cleaning the wheels and tires ,getting it ready to take to a show tomorrow.Maybe i will buy another set.What i would really like to have is a lift but dont have the head room  Carl 

I started cringing as soon as I began to read this. I have been in the same spot before as well. And from reading these others guys have too. SO, what have we learned? Get some great Jacks stands and use them properly. Very cheap insurance!

       A  L  A  N   F  R  A  K  E  S   ~  Tulsa, OK    

FYI: I learned the hard way not to use both ramps with the wheel stops facing the same direction. Forgot to set the E. brake, and when I lowered the front end, the car rolled backward. Major bodywork expense straightening/repainting those rocker panels.

6 VOLTS/POS. GRD. NW INDIANA

Fortunately it wasn't any worse. I lost a very good friend that way, years ago. He stayed after work one Friday evening to put a clutch in his car. Why he didn't use the jack stands that were there, was never known. The floor jack he used failed, and he was pinned, with the trans laying crosswise on his chest, the car on top of that. I was the one who discovered him the following Monday morning.

BOO- YA!!!

When I was 16 I had my '48 Ford fall off the bumper jack while I was sitting under the back of the car.  Pushed my face down to the driveway.  Fortunately, I was only a few feet from the house and Dad and Mom were both home.  They jacked it back up and I crawled out, suffering only a lower back ache and a terrified feeling in my brain.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

I done something like that over 20 years ago,I had my 55 Olds convertible on ramps to take out the brake booster and did not block the rear tires. The booster was mounted to the panel that goes around the column on the floor so I thought I would take it out the bottom and the trans linkage was in the way and without thinking moved it and the car rolled down on top of me,I was in grandmas garage about 2 blocks from the house alone on a creeper with me pinned under the car and no way to contact anyone or no one could have heard me yelling. I was able to get the creeper out from under me and wiggled out from under the car and drove it back up on the ramps and blocked the wheels and removed the booster,the next day my ribs hurt and went to have them checked out only to bruise them and nothing broke even though the creeper was broke. I am glad the door was down or it could have gotten worse and the door was old and heavy and did not get damaged.

Butchering up everything I can get my hands on in Dayton Ohio