[nathanbs]

Dad’s ‘55 356 coupe while driving back on two hour drive to his house at night. I think I was only 16. Throttle linkage broke so I rigged throttle open and managed not to completely destroy his clutch getting to his place.
Same exact issue but on my ‘69 Karmann Ghia but far more horsepower(145hp) Jammed a ball point pen in the throttle cable tube, jamming throttle open, perhaps a lot too far, and ended up into a curb and on the sidewalk. Had an entire new front torsion beam and throttle cable installed by noon next day.
Lastly throttle linkage on same ghia’s carb snapped at night on freeway, fabbed a new one out of a soda can that I tore apart and folded over the aluminum several times to make strong enough and then punched a few holes through.
Moral of the story don’t have a lead foot!