"I was young dumb and bringing them in, was like making it back to England in a shot up B17." A story from a service station mechanic!

when I was still in school working at one of the last full service gas stations I had a special thing I would do. They would send me to rescue customers cars that were not well. 

I drove in cars on few cylinders, no brakes, and a 1960 Pontiac with a broken engine mount and no power brakes or steering. 

 The Ford truck stuck in reverse, I backed up about a mile and a half to bring in. The cops just laughed at me because it was 6AM on a Saturday. 

 Then I delivered a Dodge twice with a broken planetary. It only had reverse too. Backed up side streets for two miles, twice.

https://www.hagerty.com/media/hagerty-community/our-dumbest-breakdowns

damn shame service station mechanics didn't write about their experiences for magazines back in the day!