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[QUOTE="jeffd, post: 770957, member: 18789"]
OK - This one isn't so great, but it was the results that counted.
Years ago (OK, many years ago) when I was in high school, me and a friend snuck out and took his Dad's fully restored 1970 MG-B Roadster out for a spin.  This one was cool.  British racing green and real wire wheels with knock-off hubs, etc.

It was summer and the top was down and we were out tearing up the town until 3 am.  We get pulled over by a Dallas cop.  A female Dallas cop.  Guess what?  No tail lights!

She is basically aware that we had snuck the car out and we start trying to charm our way out of the impending ticket she was going to write for the lights.  She finally agrees to a deal - if we can get the lights working in the next 5 minutes we are free to go. Yes!

I ask my friend where the fuse block is and I find the fried fuse.  Now for a new one.  Searching... searching.... Nada! No fuses and anywhere and this car had none to spare since it was a roadster.  I am looking everywhere and I find a Wrigley's gum wrapper under the seat.  I twist that sucker up with the foil-side out and jam it in the fuse block where the blown fuse was and now we had lights! You should have seen the look on that cop's face as we drove off. :)
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