Bubba Files....C3, The best and worst

[81 Corvette]

temperature sending unit wire was connected to the sending unit with an aligator clip. Other than that that car is original...so far as I've found!

CS

I intstalled an electric fan set up in my 81 and used alligator clips to bypass the temp switch, as the switch is set at 238/201.

I havent had the time to find a 190/180 switch but will replace and kick bubba out.

 

[Willis76]

No thanks, Bubba........don't think I care for a burger right now.

:booty I know what you mean ... I saw how he made the burgers before he made the swtich to that fancy propane setup .......

 

[paintdaddy]

Mrs Scroder thats the funniest pic of bubba Ive seen yet.


Would anyone else say that the most commonly used hardware that bubba uses is drywall screws?I see alot of this. :L

 

[81 Corvette]

Drywall screws.....lol....

Bubba screwed 3 screws thru the bezel around the heater/AC controls.

 

[c4ever]

Let me see, over the years the best one I saw was a VW bus back in the early seventies where the guy broke the throttle cable so he rigged a string along the outside drivers side of the bus from the rear eng compartment to the driver window and just hung his hand out the window and pulled on the string for throttle all this while shifting

I'm crackin up just thinking about it

Carlo

 

[resto75]

Confession time

I must confess to a Bubba job once or twice myself. This was not of recent vintage but when I was younger and didnt really care or was unable to get the right part.
Of all things this was on motorcycles (Doing Bubbas on cars isn't dangerous enuff).

First I had a 1953 Panhead Harley that I stripped the hold down screw for the points. Well I didn't have another distributor and the mounting plate was just thin metal so you couldnt really retap it (Like I really had a tap n die set). So in a effort to get it on the road I glued the points in. I just adjusted them correctly and glued that sucker in all around the base. Funny part is it worked so good I forgot about it and later sold the bike. The new owner took it to the Harley shop for a service and the mechanic found the glued points. He knew the bike and called me up at home giving me a hard time and laughing about the points.

The next wasnt as bad but I disconnected the manual spark advance on a 67 Harley Sporster to the magneto to change the handlebars. Well most people did this mod and put a metal spring to keep the mag advanced ( real men dont retard the spark to kick start it anyway) and lacking a spring I used a big fat rubber band. I can just imagine how that looked. Guess I just didnt care what people thought.

Anymore confessions out there !!!!! COME ON DON"T BE SHY!!!

 

[MsSchroder]

Let me see, over the years the best one I saw was a VW bus back in the early seventies where the guy broke the throttle cable so he rigged a string along the outside drivers side of the bus from the rear eng compartment to the driver window and just hung his hand out the window and pulled on the string for throttle.......Carlo

I did this to my go kart when I was a teenager, does this make me a Bubba? :eek

 

[Dave L.]

starter rope

A guy I used to work with had one of those old AMC Ambassadors. He had a defective positive battery cable going to the starter. He had a string tied to the cable under the car leading into the vent window. To start the car he yanked on the string and turned the key at the same time. I'll never forget the day he called into work and said he couldn't make it in because his starter rope broke! We still laugh about that one 20 some years later.

Dave

 

[wichitacorvette]

well on the 82, when i added the new speed sensor it stuck out too far and hit the firewall...... so now the speedo cable goes into the car right there, and through the dash....... sealed with a rubber grommet..... does this count as a bubba?

and of course ive done the screws in the vacuum lines...... hey with 2,443,887 hoses, i didnt know what some did and just plugged em off with screws...... i KNOW im not the only one to do that....... am i? lol (at least it wasnt pencils)

 

[69MyWay]

More without pictures....

My buddy has a neighbor that is a mustang freak (and owns a shop tuning them for a living). My buddy got him to work on his 1984 trans am, doing an new carb, headers, etc.

The car just would not run right, would not idle, and the neighbor had no time to help. It also kept getting the throttle stuck wide open.

I cruised down (central florida) to visit with him, and he popped the hood for me.

OMG! BUBBA WAS THERE! He had tied the plug wires which were wayyyyy toooo long against the brake master cylinder. When he would thump the throttle hard, it would lift the motor and pull the plug wires off on the driver side!!!! (Duh....it don't wanna idle!). Then, Bubba hooked the spare throttle return spring backwards, so it assisted in openning the throttle, and was holding it up about 3,000 RPM! (hmm, mustangs must need help both ways?)

My buddy claims the neighbors mustangs are all very fast and he even had one in a magazine........

 

[67HEAVEN]

and of course ive done the screws in the vacuum lines...... hey with 2,443,887 hoses, i didnt know what some did and just plugged em off with screws...... i KNOW im not the only one to do that....... am i? lol (at least it wasnt pencils)

No, no, no.........golf tees.

 

[Evolution1980]

My buddy claims the neighbors mustangs are all very fast and he even had one in a magazine........

That's probably very true! Tradin' Times, Hemmings, Rustang Trader, and Mad. All very fine publications to have your car featured in.

 

[Piet]

I bought a '77 Camaro for parts, but ran it around town for a couple of weeks. The dash lights were burnt out so... I wired up a red clearance light, taped it to the steering column... and voila! Red mood light/ dash lights.

 

[matchframe]

The funniest Bubba rig I have seen, was back in 1978. I worked for 8 years in the shipyards as a Diesel Mechanic/Welder/anythingelsethatneededdone.

When the tugboat crews would show up for a 21 day trip down the Intercoastal Canal, they would park their cars at the main office, catch a ride to the boats on the next truck heading out. They would leave their car keys and we would park them in secured parking. One day, I drew the short straw and got to ferry cars all morning from the office to the parking area. I got in one car which as I remember was a Toyota. There was a funnel and tube going through the dashboard, and several empty oilcans on the floor on the passenger side. When the crew came back 21 days later, I looked up the owner of the Toyota to ask what the funnel rig was. He said that every 150 miles, he had to add a quart of oil to the engine, so instead of stopping, he would reach behind the drivers seat, grab a quart , then pour it into the funnel which ended up in the engine.

That had to be the funniest thing I saw out there!

Bill

 

[81 Corvette]

The funniest Bubba rig I have seen, was back in 1978. I worked for 8 years in the shipyards as a Diesel Mechanic/Welder/anythingelsethatneededdone.

When the tugboat crews would show up for a 21 day trip down the Intercoastal Canal, they would park their cars at the main office, catch a ride to the boats on the next truck heading out. They would leave their car keys and we would park them in secured parking. One day, I drew the short straw and got to ferry cars all morning from the office to the parking area. I got in one car which as I remember was a Toyota. There was a funnel and tube going through the dashboard, and several empty oilcans on the floor on the passenger side. When the crew came back 21 days later, I looked up the owner of the Toyota to ask what the funnel rig was. He said that every 150 miles, he had to add a quart of oil to the engine, so instead of stopping, he would reach behind the drivers seat, grab a quart , then pour it into the funnel which ended up in the engine.

That had to be the funniest thing I saw out there!

Bill

:eek

 

[Hijinx]

Hey, guys, have not been here in a while. Saw Chris' thread and had to post one.

I bought a 70 1/2 Z28/RS Camaro some years back. It was a very slick car, but one thing stumped me. This was the year they stuck the first LT1 in the Camaro. They could never get an A/C belt to stay on them, so none of them came with A/C. However, the one I bought had a full factory setup, although it was non-functioning. Well when I started to restore it, I went to pull all of it off. What I found behind the big firewall mounted heater core box horrified me. I still have bad dreams about it. There was a hole cut in the firewall so big that I could crawl through it. Bubba cut number one. Finding the hole too big, he patched it with old license plates. Yep, the massive hole was reduced by 2/3's with old Texas license plates. Did he weld them in. Nooooo, he had all of them held in place with some form of puddy that I have never seen. When I got it all removed the hole was as big as the box. To this day, and I grew up in small Texas towns where everything got Bubba-ised, this was the worst!

 

[paintdaddy]

That kinda reminds me of a Jeep cj7 that I had years ago.Someone had riveted an old milk sign in floor to cover the HUGE rust holes.It was a big sign that had been cut up in to three pieces,one to cover the holes in the back and one for the drivers side and one for the pass. side.The passenger side had a picture of a cow on it and girls used to ask me why there was a pic of a cow on their side and a glass of milk on mine. :L

 

[Blade]

3 Beers for Bubba

At least Bubba did not secure his tail pipe with a coat hanger. However he gets a 3 Beer can rating for running a bolt through the pipe.

The antenna switch way under the dash is one of them there toe operated kinds.

 

[Blade]

Bubba's Tools of the Trade

You need only two tools: WD-40 and Duct Tape. If it doesn't move and it should, use WD-40. If it moves and shouldn't, use the duct tape.

;stupid

 

[Evolution1980]

Re: Bubba's Tools of the Trade

You need only two tools: WD-40 and Duct Tape. If it doesn't move and it should, use WD-40. If it moves and shouldn't, use the duct tape.
;stupid

Hey, if it worked for dat dere Apollo 13, it kin durn sure werk for a plastic car lahk a corvette...