I got finally Finnish license plates and there is a little bit fixing that I can screw them on. So, I went to a Biltema, which is kinda all-around store for cars, household etc. I did find one plate for forward LP, but not for a back LP. Problem is that since this car is an American and nowdays we have these EU-LP's which are somewhat different in size's. In El Camino front one is loooong and back is doubledecker. The front one I can now screw on, but still have to solve how I am going to screw the back plate.
Well, I went for a drive and picked up a friend and we went to pick up few geocaches. After second geocache we stopped for a red light. When green light lit, I hit the gas and car stalled. Oh, just turn the ignition off and on again, same thing. Then the whole car went dead, no lights, no gen light, no nothing. We pushed the car with a help to near by cold gas station and I opened the hood. After moment I figured what's the problem. The positive cable from the battery has touched the header and burned insulation off and has arced and has made and short circuit. I managed to separate the cable from the header and didn't have any tape or something to cover the cable. There was a near by mall and I bought a black duct tape and then I fixed the problem. Drove her back to garage and now I have to find a place where I can jack the car up and replace the cable from underneath. Sure, old car's have problems, but atleast you can fix them by yourself.
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