What have you lost while driving?

[buckeyecharger]

I had the Charger (69) out yesterday for a quick ride and for the first time I lost something off my car while driving it.  I lost the right side tail light chrome trim piece. It must have vibrated loose. I lost it about a mile down the road. I didn't notice until tonight and went out and tried to find it. Well, I did find it, but it was in about 20 pieces. Somebody must have run it over. Has this happened to anyone else? What can I use to secure both of these chrome trim pieces? Luckily, I do have a spare.

Who else has lost stuff off their Charger while driving it?

[Ghoste]

A center cap from a Magnum style road wheel.

[c00nhunterjoe]

Upper front windshield trim and the right hood turn signal indicator.

But the biggest problem is I'm always losing the smoke out of the rear tires. 

[FlatbackFanatic]

My mind...

[Road Dog]

I lost a front side reflector.

[Darkman]

Nearly lost my licence 

[74bluecharger440]

thats funny darkman

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

I had the Charger (69) out yesterday for a quick ride and for the first time I lost something off my car while driving it.  I lost the right side tail light chrome trim piece. It must have vibrated loose. I lost it about a mile down the road. I didn't notice until tonight and went out and tried to find it. Well, I did find it, but it was in about 20 pieces. Somebody must have run it over. Has this happened to anyone else? What can I use to secure both of these chrome trim pieces? Luckily, I do have a spare.

Who else has lost stuff off their Charger while driving it?

Clear silicone holds them on nicely....

I lost my brand new SS drivers side exhaust tip on a test run after my new exhaust install.....heard it fly off & was able to retrieve it....nicks & gashes & all.... tightened it back up & called it good....never replaced it...kept it to show some battle scars!

[chargerboy69]

I did lose something, but it was while I was parked. . . . and in one of my old Irocs. 

[buckeyecharger]

Thanks Just 6T9!!!

[twodko]

In have 3 pair of tail light bezels, 2 pair need to be rechromed but the other set is daily driver. You can have them cheap. Just sayin'

[XH29N0G]

lug nut snapped off on the way to the mechanic for another thing in 1985.  It broke the windshield of the car behind me which I found out when they pulled in right after me.

[Brightyellow69rtse]

i lost the same right side tailight chrome piece as you man. its still missing 

[Topher]

Traction.

[bill440rt]

I lost an exhaust tip once, too. Tailpipe was rotted, my buddy behind me said first the pipe snapped downward, then broke completely. I retrieved it, but somehow the tip was undamaged.

Lost a few lug nuts once on some old Cragar SS unilugs I had, wheel studs snapped. Scary sh*t.
Also had a '77 Charger that HATED to wear hubcaps, those things were always flying off.

[A383Wing]

Going down the freeway in the pouring rain on the way to Portland....in the fast lane, lost the drivers side wiper arm & blade....had to stop under an overpass and take the passenger side one off and move it to the drivers side

Bryan (this was in the Daytona by the way)

[adauto]

.....my temper!

[Kern Dog]

I've lost small tools that were under the hood.
I've lost a wheel once in a Camaro.
I've lost several hundred dollars due to traffic violations, but THAT was long ago.

[myk]

A license plate holder that reads: "honk, if anything falls off" might be a good idea...

[Bob T]

Lots and Lots of Gas 

Had 2 r/f wheel studs break off on my 71 Valiant Pacer, one bounced up and bashed the rocker panel and everything got squirrely just as I pulled over
Rear muffler in a p.o.s. hillman avenger - plymouth cricket to you guys, when I was a broke apprentice
Managed to loosen off the flywheel on my 265 6pk 71 R/T Valiant Charger at the drags, managed to pull down a 440 70 Charger that day though

[Road Dog]

I lost brakes once in my 1966 Dodge Truck and once in my 1970 Plymouth Satellite.

[Hemidog]

Front spoiler.... Didn't even bother stopping 

[billfury]

I had a 73 cutlass in the 80's that was rotted out. I was on my way to my friend's house and the gas tank fell out

[440]

I've lost the front upper windshield trim corner piece.
I've lost a plastic chair out the back of my pickup.
I've also lost a beer can that a buddy put on my CB antenna which I think it hit a new Corvette behind me on the freeway.

[FastbackJon]

Took the mauve '66 Charger out for a long drive all the way around town one night. Got back home and parked it outside in front of the unlit barn and went in and went to bed.

Next morning I noticed the pot metal center grille section with the medallion was gone. It was broken when I bought it and the previous owner had used bailing wire to hold it in place.

Went and retraced my route and didn't find it.

On another '66 Charger, I lost one of the lower stainless windshield moldings shortly after getting the car because it wasn't attached very well. Going down the freeway at 75 mph and poof! It flew right off. Didn't find that either.

[Johnnys440Charger]

I had the Charger (69) out yesterday for a quick ride and for the first time I lost something off my car while driving it.   I lost the right side tail light chrome trim piece. It must have vibrated loose. I lost it about a mile down the road. I didn't notice until tonight and went out and tried to find it. Well, I did find it, but it was in about 20 pieces. Somebody must have run it over. Has this happened to anyone else? What can I use to secure both of these chrome trim pieces? Luckily, I do have a spare.

Who else has lost stuff off their Charger while driving it?

OMG, this just happened to me on the morning of Saturday Jul 28th.  However, I lost the DRIVERS side chrome tail light bezel.  I went back to retrace my route but couldn't find it.  I do not have a spare and I am looking for one now.  Anyone have one to sell?  The stupid thing is - I did have a early warning sign.  I noticed it before that it was going to fall out and it was hanging on by 1 screw.  I pushed it back in, and said to myself that I would fix it later.    

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

lug nut snapped off on the way to the mechanic for another thing in 1985.  It broke the windshield of the car behind me which I found out when they pulled in right after me.

Crap, how could I forget!!

I lost my LR wheel on the way home from a show!  Just had the car painted 3 months prior (in 1998).....on the way home from the Mopar Atlantic Nationals in Englishtown, NJ with 2 friends in the car, I felt a vibration starting in the drive train.  Pulled over & the 3 of us looked over the car with nothing unusual spotted.  Got back in & felt that when I swerved back & forth "like this" it got worse....within 3 seconds after I said that in my rear view mirror I saw shiny lug nuts being scattered across the road way! Felt a thump then bang bang bang!

Luckily I was doing only 20mph or so & pulled over.  Thankfully the rim rode on the drum & didn't completely come off and do any damage to the quarter....found all but one of the lugs, tightened them & went on my merry way.

I stil think to this day someone sabotaged me at the show!

[boys3rt]

Some time ago I lost one exhaust tip hanger and bolt. 2 months later while getting gas I was approached by a guy that said that he saw the hanger bouncing by him while riding his motorcycle. He said come by his house and he would give it to me. I was most thankful that he had it and when I came by to pick it up he had a few people waiting to see the car. It was great meeting some new people and let his young son get behind the wheel. We started the car and his face was priceless.

[Dino]

Nothing yet but I'm bound to forget to tighten something!

[doctor4766]

When I was 17 I lost the front uni joint while doing 80kmh on a busy road.
Fortunately the tailshaft didnt dig into the road and flip the car.
I did have to replace the shaft though as it got caught  under my wheel and bent.
My GF's old man towed me home 20km with a rope.
That was scarier than losing the tailshaft in the first place.

[b5blue]

I lost the driver side wiper arm in the rain. Lucky nobody behind me! (Six lane highway) Slammed on the brakes and shot back, picked it up just before a wall of 20 cars from the stoplight were surging up to it! (I drove about 120 miles round trip 2 weeks later to get a good used set of wiper linkage off 69 Super Bee that was rusted in to the ground.) 

[Highbanked Hauler]

 The counter weight on the heat riser valve on the way to Carlisle the first year I had it finished. never did get another one.

[A383Wing]

back in the early 80's....I did loose a right front brake hose on my 66...it blew when I pressed the brake...

single stage master cylinder as well...

Bryan

[nh_mopar_fan]

Virginity. 

[napalm_217]

I just lost all the fluid in my transmission this past weekend. Luckily I was able to get it back to my street before I lost all movement.

[XH29N0G]

My uncle once lost the door on his 66 GTO.  He had prevously rolled it.  I wasn't there, but he told me that the girl he was driving was not impressed when he stopped, backed up, picked up the door and threw it in the back seat.  He said it sort of fell open and fell off, the back edge hit the road and then it fell offf completely.

[Nacho-RT74]

lost the center section of my DELUXE hubcap, which is a 3 pieces cap, outer trim, intermediate piece which is plastic ( and what actually broken from outer trim ) with pot metal center.

lost a nut of one the exhaust flange bolts... marsden nut BTW ( aren't they supossely locking nuts ? )

I think there is something else, but can't recall

ALLMOST LOST, one machine gun exhaust tip with just one month installed. The muffler hanger broken and the vibration got to move the machine gun tip from the piece untill drop allmost to the floor. Noticed when arrived home when saw the exhauts hanging out.

[Nacho-RT74]

I think there is something else, but can't recall

Oh Yes, an R/T fender emblem, but actually I still dunno if was stolen, or actually drop out on a heavy bump that night

[Cooter]

Hadda 1987 Dodge Ram 50 (Mitsubishi) mini pickup. Hadda 340/727 On the back with the tailgate down. Bad idea.
Whole engine bent my tailgate in a "V" and landed in the middle of the highway. Me and my brother had to pick that thing up and reload it.

Shoulda seen people's faces as they went by with a puzzled look on their faces. One stopped and asked what happened. I replied: "Had this 340 in the truck. i guess it had too much power and when I stepped on it, it jumped out the truck"...

[69rtse4spd]

Spare tire out from under my 88 Chevy truck, cable rotted in half. Bounced 25 feet in the air, you guessed it, took out a Neon going the other way. Front hood, & rad., luckily the young girl wad not hurt. Looked in the rear view mirror saw it hit the car, up in the air, & all I could think of please not through the windshield. Took Pict's. of the tread marks going up the hood, she was shaken up, but pretty cool about it.   

[will]

lock for the lugnuts, various wrenches over the years left on the inner fender, big bottle of brake fluid fell out of my 71 t&c wagon, almost left a rear caliper on the road going to work. And 1 ex girlfriend.

[B5charger]

I lost a hub cap last summer didn't even notice until I got home.  This spring, I lost the front left CV joint when 300 yards from the shop to get it replaced, I was turning and actually saw a couple of the bearings roll by in front of me, couldn't help but laugh.  That was in my '05 Ram

[General_01]

The cops. 

[A383Wing]

Virginity. 

wait a minute...title said "while driving"

Bryan

[moparstuart]

Virginity. 

wait a minute...title said "while driving"

Bryan

you dont think he was driving it home   

[A383Wing]

well, yea.....but.....

[36 Dodge Brothers]

After market air cleaner while driving my 68' and doing about 120mph on Guadalupe Canyon!  For those who don't know where Guadalupe Canyon is at, that is where the 68 Charger in the movie Bullitt was finally destroyed.

[Old Moparz]

On my first '69 Charger the previous owner had grafted a 71/72 style air grabber bubble onto the hood. He actually did a decent job of narrowing the recessed area where the turn signals are so the fiberglass bubble fit in between. He also worked the raised center portion of the hood at the front of the bubble to blend. What he DIDN'T do was use lock washers on the studs to keep the nuts from vibrating loose.  

While accelerating to get onto a highway, I watched the scoop catch some air under the front, lift up & fly away.    I mean really fly away. It went straight up & out of site, but then I saw it in the rear view mirror as it went to the right & land about 10 feet off the road into the grass.  I went to the next exit, did a u-turn & went back to get it. It didn't get damaged that bad & just had a crack on the front edge about 3 inches long.

I put it back on the car to cover the hole in the hood, found a couple of nuts in the tool box & was on my way. Well, later that day I went to meet my girlfriend. Girls not only make young guys do dumb shit, but they also make them forget things. Things like adding lock washers & more nuts to loose car parts. On my way out with her that night, the scoop flew off again.  

This time I was on a quiet back road with no traffic so instead of making a couple of u-turns I threw it in reverse & backed up to get it. Before I got to where I had thought the scoop flew off I felt & heard "THUMP.......THUMP" under the car. Yes, the first thump was the back tire running over the scoop & breaking it, & the second thump was the front tire disintegrating the scoop. The only part that didn't sustain damage was the hinge.

I saved the hinge & still have it as a souvenier.  

[six-tee-nine]

Once knew a guy that lost is front driver side door while doing 80mph on the interstate....

He told me that he was'nt the only one who pissed his pants. The guy right behind him that suddenly had a car door in front of him also had a wet pants.......

[Plum Crazy 68]

Loose my patience with other drivers every time I take the Charger out. 

[Ghoste]

Thinking back, I've also lost a fw exhaust components over the years.

[nh_mopar_fan]

Virginity. 

wait a minute...title said "while driving"

Bryan

She was very flexible.....and motivated.

[GOTWING]

Not to long after i got bird back from paint, i was headed to a car show very early in the morning, it was very foggy and somewhat still dark out, i had the wipers on to clear the fog water and the freakin drivers wiper arm fly's off !! i was pissed ! i pulled over ran back to find it was already run over by the cars going by me! so i went to the show with one wiper arm. i later found another used arm, glad they are all basically the same.

[moparstuart]

Not to long after i got bird back from paint, i was headed to a car show very early in the morning, it was very foggy and somewhat still dark out, i had the wipers on to clear the fog water and the freakin drivers wiper arm fly's off !! i was pissed ! i pulled over ran back to find it was already run over by the cars going by me! so i went to the show with one wiper arm. i later found another used arm, glad they are all basically the same.

yeah check out this thread  , between Rick Edwards and I we lost ours about 6 or 7 times at this meet

   http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,49199.0.html

[tan top]

  prolly 3 engine blow ups ,  then other motors , big ends , timing gears ,    ,  2 gearboxes  ,  headgaskest ,   driveshaft  universal joints ,  1 rear diff ring gear   , snapped front coil spring struts  , rear leaf spring ,   leaves  ( cornering hard  )
rear tire tread ,  clutches  ,  
front bumper plastic end caps ,  gear stick snapped &   come off in my hand at a high speed shift from 3rd to fourth !!   WTF    
 lots more if  i think about it