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[QUOTE="LoriKTM, post: 772810, member: 18495"]
Hey, I just remembered one...

One Sunday many years ago, I was driving the 35 or so miles from a friend's house back to my mom's house.  The car was a 1970 Chevy Impala (sedan) that my father had "generously" allowed me to use for driving to my summer job while I was in school.  At about the half-way point in the drive, there is a set of railroad tracks right at the bottom of a shallow hill.  I went over the tracks, heard a "clunk"! and the engine was now really loud.  Luckily, there was a little town at the top of the hill and I pulled in to the gas station.  However, it was Sunday, so the gas station was closed.  
I looked under the car, and the exhaust pipe had disconnected right behind the engine and dropped to the ground facing FORWARD.  Well, I couldn't finish the drive like that.  
The only tool I had on me was a box cutter.  I found an old Coke can in some trash behind the gas station, cut out both ends of the can and slit it up the side.  I then found some twine, and rigged a cradle to hold the exhaust pipe up to the broken end.  The car was still loud, but I was able to finish the drive home.
My dad later took the car to the shop, and the mechanics were impressed with the fix that his 19 year old daughter had made on the fly!
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