A couple of years ago I was driving my 37 when I punched the trottle and the pedal stayed on the floor without any RPM's. Throttle cable had broken and I didn't have any wire,string,etc. to fix so all I could do was to open my idle speed adjustment as far as it would go and procedded to drive about 20 miles at around 10-15mph and going up a hill at about 3. Not bad going down as I could get it up to about 40. A trip that should have taken 15 minutes took me over an hr. Now I carry just about everything imaginable that I would need in case of any breakdowns.

Another time I was rodding my 41 ford truck and since I had to much engine for the stock rear I heard something snap. Didn't have any gear except reverse(also lost my tranny) and drove backwards for about 2 miles at night. Now that was alot of fun Headlight heading the wrong way, having to stop everytime a car came up behing me as they thought I was in the wrong lane. Didn't even have a flaslight and as I found out the next day, my linkeage had come loose and I could have easly adjusted it if I only had some light.