<VV> Was warning for cars in storage, now WORST Corvair mess

[Craig Nicol]

Keith's post about his stored car leaking "crude oil" from the gas tank got
me to thinking about the worst messes I've created while working on
Corvairs. 

Several come to mind:
1) (About 30 years ago - but still in my mind) Pre garage days: changed oil
from car into drain pan.  I had to run off, so after placing newspaper on
the carpet, I carefully put oil pan with dirty oil onto floor of nicely
carpeted GB camper...  I had planned to pour it into a recycling container
when I got home, but forgot about it.  Later that week, I jumped into the GB
and drove off. Dirty oil, after a full carpet soak, was pouring out the side
door ala Niagara Falls.

2) A couple of days before the '05 Convention I changed the oil on my '66
EFI car. Note that I had it detailed for concours competition. I took off
down the street and made it about a mile before the oil light came on. As I
got out of the car, I noted a 3-foot wide oil spray pattern extending from
my location back in the direction of my house. That one required a whole
bunch of soapy water and the removal of the lower shrouds, rear air grille,
skid plate, yadda yadda yadda.

I'm sure that there will be whoppers to top these - Bring 'em on!
Craig (never met oil I coulnd't spill) Nicol