The Jalopy Journal

BISHOP · 09-30-2008, 04:55 PM

Lets hear some haunted car stories again, its that time of year. The old thread was awesome and a blast to read, but it got closed. So lets hear some new stories of that creepy, haunted, or just plain weird spirited car of yours.

Sooowee · 10-01-2008, 10:05 AM

My previous car, a '54 Ford Customline, had issues with my wife, despite the fact that she liked the car. Every single time that she rode in that car, I would have either starting issues or carb flooding issues. When I drove it by myself, I had nary a problem. One time her door unlatched while we were driving--luckily, my wife always sat in the middle right next to me. I thought that was odd because that latch was new and I never had any issues before or after that incident. My wife started calling that car Christine...

Hallun1 · 10-08-2008, 12:12 AM

This is one of my favorite topics. so bump

53chevy · 10-08-2008, 12:19 AM

Shit, I wish my cars were haunted. Like the trunk opening automatically, to get to the ice chest and an opened beer ready for me. Or starting up on a cold day or ...

Ken

plymouth1952 · 10-08-2008, 01:08 AM

I went to look at a 68 chevy ss 396 four speed car back in 87. We drove to Portland to look at and test drive. I fell in love right away. I got back in the car and my wife said the cars tired I said like hell its fast as hell NO she said the car is tired, Ya right
wifes ? I gave the guy a deposit I was selling my 64 Imp ss the next day. So the guy calls the next afternoon and says sorry the car just got totaled Ya right we had a deal and someone has cash, He said no its at his house I could see it. I asked him what happened he said he didnt know he was at a light clutch in and it just lunched injto traiffic he said they found the fork had bent releaseing the clutch. we drove down and sure as hell the car was totaled. My wife told me the car was just tired.

**DocWatson** · 10-08-2008, 01:56 AM

Tired of living huh? Autosuicide.............

Cruiser · 10-08-2008, 02:42 AM

COME on HAMBERS................BOO.....

CRUISER

bobss396 · 10-08-2008, 05:58 AM

I worked with this guy that bought a car from another co-worker. He was told up front that some lady put a hex on the car and his wife for some wrong doing. Anyway, his wife wound up with a bunch of odd medical issues, but that's another story.

So they sold the car to my friend and he had real odd things happen with it. The engine blew for no reason, then the tranny went. I heard the car before that and it sounded fine. Then he was driving to work one morning and the driver's door fell off. I saw it in his trunk, the upper hinge snapped clean off.

Then he was driving on a rainy night going to another job. It was raining and he was on a fairly busy back road that had a lot of twists and turns. He told me that it felt like someone grabbed the steering wheel out of his hand and steered it across the line into the path of another car. He was ejected from the car out the windshield and woke up in the hospital the next day.

Bob

battersea boys · 10-08-2008, 06:03 AM

this is to catch em

Billybobdad · 10-08-2008, 12:49 PM

In 1982 I purchased a clean 61 Coupe De Ville from an elderly gentleman in Palm Springs. Being the desert car that it was it was real clean and rust free but had a sandblasted windshield. I brought it home and parked it in the garage. About a month after I bought it Guillermo my Panamanian gardener was furiously knocking at my door. He explained to me that he was in the garage to borrow my hedge clippers and that when he turned on the light and stood in just the right place he could see an image of the Virgin Mary in the sandblasted Caddy windshield. I laughed it off and thought nothing of it. Guilermo could not contain himself and soon word of his discovery spread throughout the Central/South American immigrant community. Pretty soon I had people knocking at my door at all hours to see the car. I figured what the hell why don’t I start charging 10 bucks a head to see the “Virgin Mary Cadillac”. This got way bigger than I ever imagined and there were people lined up for blocks for a month or so to see the car. All went well and the cash was pouring in until one night when I was closing up shop. I slammed the garage door shut and then I heard a loud crash from inside the garage. DAMM!!! a box had fallen out of the rafters and fallen breaking the windshield of the Caddy. Obviously a message from the heavens. So I took the $182,000.00 that I made and went to Boyd’s shop and bought brand new pink and turquoise Boydster and then to the Pontiac dealer and bought a new Trans Am with the big chicken decal on the hood. With the money I had left I bought some gold chains and a Rolex. All was well until about six months later I was contacted by the IRS wanting to collect taxes on the $182,000.00 I made. Obviously another message from the heavens. So to avoid jail I sold the Boydster, the Trans Am and the jewelry at a great loss to pay the taxman. What a bitter experience!!!
So now I don’t even mess with haunted cars. Aren’t you sorry you asked??

**raven** · 10-08-2008, 12:56 PM

My roadster, which I built from scratch, has tried to kill me three times by running over me.
No kidding.
Twice on a major hiway...
r

Dominick Hide · 10-08-2008, 01:24 PM

I heard a rumour that back in the day Sir Winston Churchill rode in this car, and ever since it was rodded it has smelled of cigar smoke! Coincidence?

**DocWatson** · 10-08-2008, 01:46 PM

Thats actualy the car trying to gas the bastard that did that to it!

Ranunculous · 10-08-2008, 02:02 PM

Anybody ever put Holy Water in the radiator to excorcise demons?
I am truly considering it....
#!!!^&&!!# air in the brakelines...

Billybobdad · 10-08-2008, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ranunculous

Anybody ever put Holy Water in the radiator to excorcise demons?
I am truly considering it....
#!!!^&&!!# air in the brakelines...

Try mineral spirits

Cruiser · 10-08-2008, 07:08 PM

This one apeered in the window of my Cadillac and made me jump throw the roof. Shit, George is that you ?????????? Boo.......

CRUISER

Insane 1 · 10-09-2008, 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrJ

Belief in ghosts is a religious superstition.

No politics or religion allowed on the HAMB

I would believe in ghosts way before before any religion!

I love the HAMB, but damn, some people need to lighten up!!

It's almost Halloween, as long as its car related - on with the stories!

**DocWatson** · 10-09-2008, 12:50 AM

BZZZZT Wrong, belief in ghosts is not a religious thing. The church denys the existence of ghosts as they are thought of in this sense.

elwood blues · 10-09-2008, 05:08 AM

Ok heres one for yah my buddy just bought a 69 nova project car its all together but kinda rough. We got there to pick it up and it was raining prety good it had a battery and it was a runner/driver so we try to start it.... nothing tryed the headlights nothing dead as dead can be tryed messing with the wires nada tryed jumping it and my car died. So we decided we would hook it up to my car and I would tow it to our shop hook it up and get her ready when the radio comes on the door was locked and we heard Phil Collins Take me home it stayed on just long enough for us to hear it and see that it was on then it went dead. After we got it home tryed a battery pulled from my car nothing started looking at wires and the main battery cable on the positive side was fried and hanging down..

patrick66 · 10-09-2008, 07:17 AM

Not a HAMB car, but haunted, anyway. Had a '70 Dart Swinger with a 340 and a 3-speed manual, plum crazy purple (in primer at the time), with only a heater and radio as options - a true stripped-down factory muscle car! I could jump in and drive it anytime, anywhere, and it ran like a top! My wife (then, she was my GF) would go to drive it, and it would quit on her, or refuse to start, or just be a PITA for her to drive! She says that one day, she felt a cold hand on her shoulder while she was driving it, and then the car just quit on her! I went to get her and the car. She drove my pickup home. I drove the Dart home without any problems at all! After that, she was pretty insistent that I sell the car if she was going to stick around!

Sold the car the next week.

09-30-2008, 04:55 PM	#1
BISHOP Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Blood stained Texas Posts: 1,252	Haunted Cars. Lets hear some haunted car stories again, its that time of year. The old thread was awesome and a blast to read, but it got closed. So lets hear some new stories of that creepy, haunted, or just plain weird spirited car of yours.

10-01-2008, 10:05 AM	#2
Sooowee Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Antioch, CA Posts: 75	Re: Haunted Cars. My previous car, a '54 Ford Customline, had issues with my wife, despite the fact that she liked the car. Every single time that she rode in that car, I would have either starting issues or carb flooding issues. When I drove it by myself, I had nary a problem. One time her door unlatched while we were driving--luckily, my wife always sat in the middle right next to me. I thought that was odd because that latch was new and I never had any issues before or after that incident. My wife started calling that car Christine... __________________ I'll give you a dollar for it... Dragoons C.C. Antioch, CA

10-08-2008, 12:12 AM	#3
Hallun1 FNG Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Kankakee IL Posts: 2	Re: Haunted Cars. This is one of my favorite topics. so bump

10-08-2008, 12:19 AM	#4
53chevy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Ventura, Ca. Posts: 1,322	Re: Haunted Cars. Shit, I wish my cars were haunted. Like the trunk opening automatically, to get to the ice chest and an opened beer ready for me. Or starting up on a cold day or ... Ken

10-08-2008, 01:08 AM	#5
plymouth1952 Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Grants Pass Ore Posts: 916	Re: Haunted Cars. I went to look at a 68 chevy ss 396 four speed car back in 87. We drove to Portland to look at and test drive. I fell in love right away. I got back in the car and my wife said the cars tired I said like hell its fast as hell NO she said the car is tired, Ya right wifes ? I gave the guy a deposit I was selling my 64 Imp ss the next day. So the guy calls the next afternoon and says sorry the car just got totaled Ya right we had a deal and someone has cash, He said no its at his house I could see it. I asked him what happened he said he didnt know he was at a light clutch in and it just lunched injto traiffic he said they found the fork had bent releaseing the clutch. we drove down and sure as hell the car was totaled. My wife told me the car was just tired.

10-08-2008, 01:56 AM	#6
DocWatson Alliance Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Aspley Queensland Australia Posts: 7,074	Re: Haunted Cars. Tired of living huh? Autosuicide............. __________________ It is the soldier, Who salutes the flag, Who serves beneath the flag, And whose coffin is draped in the flag, Who allows the protestor to burn the flag.

10-08-2008, 02:42 AM	#7
Cruiser Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: SLO Town, CA Posts: 1,413	Re: Haunted Cars. COME on HAMBERS................BOO..... *CRUISER* Attached Images __________________ Forever cruising the slow lanes

10-08-2008, 05:58 AM	#8
bobss396 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 1,470	Re: Haunted Cars. I worked with this guy that bought a car from another co-worker. He was told up front that some lady put a hex on the car and his wife for some wrong doing. Anyway, his wife wound up with a bunch of odd medical issues, but that's another story. So they sold the car to my friend and he had real odd things happen with it. The engine blew for no reason, then the tranny went. I heard the car before that and it sounded fine. Then he was driving to work one morning and the driver's door fell off. I saw it in his trunk, the upper hinge snapped clean off. Then he was driving on a rainy night going to another job. It was raining and he was on a fairly busy back road that had a lot of twists and turns. He told me that it felt like someone grabbed the steering wheel out of his hand and steered it across the line into the path of another car. He was ejected from the car out the windshield and woke up in the hospital the next day. Bob __________________ My old man is a TV repairman, he's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it. - Jeff Spicoli

10-08-2008, 06:03 AM	#9
battersea boys Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: surrey Posts: 476	Re: Haunted Cars. this is to catch em Attached Thumbnails

10-08-2008, 12:49 PM	#10
Billybobdad Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Redlands CA Posts: 748	Re: Haunted Cars. In 1982 I purchased a clean 61 Coupe De Ville from an elderly gentleman in Palm Springs. Being the desert car that it was it was real clean and rust free but had a sandblasted windshield. I brought it home and parked it in the garage. About a month after I bought it Guillermo my Panamanian gardener was furiously knocking at my door. He explained to me that he was in the garage to borrow my hedge clippers and that when he turned on the light and stood in just the right place he could see an image of the Virgin Mary in the sandblasted Caddy windshield. I laughed it off and thought nothing of it. Guilermo could not contain himself and soon word of his discovery spread throughout the Central/South American immigrant community. Pretty soon I had people knocking at my door at all hours to see the car. I figured what the hell why don’t I start charging 10 bucks a head to see the “Virgin Mary Cadillac”. This got way bigger than I ever imagined and there were people lined up for blocks for a month or so to see the car. All went well and the cash was pouring in until one night when I was closing up shop. I slammed the garage door shut and then I heard a loud crash from inside the garage. DAMM!!! a box had fallen out of the rafters and fallen breaking the windshield of the Caddy. Obviously a message from the heavens. So I took the $182,000.00 that I made and went to Boyd’s shop and bought brand new pink and turquoise Boydster and then to the Pontiac dealer and bought a new Trans Am with the big chicken decal on the hood. With the money I had left I bought some gold chains and a Rolex. All was well until about six months later I was contacted by the IRS wanting to collect taxes on the $182,000.00 I made. Obviously another message from the heavens. So to avoid jail I sold the Boydster, the Trans Am and the jewelry at a great loss to pay the taxman. What a bitter experience!!! So now I don’t even mess with haunted cars. Aren’t you sorry you asked?? Last edited by Billybobdad; 10-08-2008 at 01:03 PM.

10-08-2008, 12:56 PM	#11
raven Alliance Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Independence, mo, usa Posts: 2,963	Re: Haunted Cars. My roadster, which I built from scratch, has tried to kill me three times by running over me. No kidding. Twice on a major hiway... r __________________ Every once in a while, life gets a little more surreal. Some men aren't looking for anything logical, Some men just want to watch the world burn. www.alarmandmuster.com Need 26-7 T coupe doors

10-08-2008, 01:24 PM	#12
Dominick Hide Newbie Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Rayners lane Posts: 87	Re: Haunted Cars. I heard a rumour that back in the day Sir Winston Churchill rode in this car, and ever since it was rodded it has smelled of cigar smoke! Coincidence?

10-08-2008, 01:46 PM	#13
DocWatson Alliance Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Aspley Queensland Australia Posts: 7,074	Re: Haunted Cars. Thats actualy the car trying to gas the bastard that did that to it! __________________ It is the soldier, Who salutes the flag, Who serves beneath the flag, And whose coffin is draped in the flag, Who allows the protestor to burn the flag.

10-08-2008, 02:02 PM	#14
Ranunculous Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Western Maryland Posts: 1,513	Re: Haunted Cars. Anybody ever put Holy Water in the radiator to excorcise demons? I am truly considering it.... #!!!^&&!!# air in the brakelines...

10-08-2008, 07:08 PM	#16
Cruiser Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: SLO Town, CA Posts: 1,413	Re: Haunted Cars. This one apeered in the window of my Cadillac and made me jump throw the roof. Shit, George is that you ?????????? Boo....... *CRUISER* Attached Thumbnails __________________ Forever cruising the slow lanes

10-09-2008, 12:50 AM	#18
DocWatson Alliance Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Aspley Queensland Australia Posts: 7,074	Re: Haunted Cars. BZZZZT Wrong, belief in ghosts is not a religious thing. The church denys the existence of ghosts as they are thought of in this sense. __________________ It is the soldier, Who salutes the flag, Who serves beneath the flag, And whose coffin is draped in the flag, Who allows the protestor to burn the flag.

10-09-2008, 05:08 AM	#19
elwood blues Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Boise ID Posts: 418	Re: Haunted Cars. Ok heres one for yah my buddy just bought a 69 nova project car its all together but kinda rough. We got there to pick it up and it was raining prety good it had a battery and it was a runner/driver so we try to start it.... nothing tryed the headlights nothing dead as dead can be tryed messing with the wires nada tryed jumping it and my car died. So we decided we would hook it up to my car and I would tow it to our shop hook it up and get her ready when the radio comes on the door was locked and we heard Phil Collins Take me home it stayed on just long enough for us to hear it and see that it was on then it went dead. After we got it home tryed a battery pulled from my car nothing started looking at wires and the main battery cable on the positive side was fried and hanging down.. __________________ untill morale improves, the beatings will continue

10-09-2008, 07:17 AM	#20
patrick66 Old School HAMBer Join Date: May 2008 Location: OK, garden spot of the Universe! Posts: 2,934	Re: Haunted Cars. Not a HAMB car, but haunted, anyway. Had a '70 Dart Swinger with a 340 and a 3-speed manual, plum crazy purple (in primer at the time), with only a heater and radio as options - a true stripped-down factory muscle car! I could jump in and drive it anytime, anywhere, and it ran like a top! My wife (then, she was my GF) would go to drive it, and it would quit on her, or refuse to start, or just be a PITA for her to drive! She says that one day, she felt a cold hand on her shoulder while she was driving it, and then the car just quit on her! I went to get her and the car. She drove my pickup home. I drove the Dart home without any problems at all! After that, she was pretty insistent that I sell the car if she was going to stick around! Sold the car the next week. __________________ "The time has come", the Walrus said, "to speak of many things..."

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