Well my story is somewhat entertaining.

I went to Wedge Island for a weekend with a friend to strip an oval window VW that we found a few weeks before out in the dunes that was mostly complete.

On the way to the VW, we passed thru
'Marlows' and found a corrolla sedan and a escort panel van, COMPLETE! That was a rare find, so we looked at the corrolla, and decided that it was the best option.

No fuel, no water, very salty, off to the tip for parts.

We collected a few emply milk bottles, and went to the beach to get water for the radiator. Filled that up, then put some fuel into one of the now empty milk bottles, and tied it in the engine bay with some string we found, and ran the fuel line into that that. Nicked a battery from another car there, and jump started it from the ole datsun 720 ute. It came to life!!!

So my mate jumped in and the clutch cable snapped. Rusted into the firewall. DOH!
So that just means its a push start and flat changed!

We nicked a tyre from marlows, tied that to the bar on the 720 and bam a custom push cart!

We spent the next hour thrashing the bugger out of that corrolla and it didnt die. When it was time to swap over, you put the corrolla in 1st gear, and jumped out letting it idle along, and then the other person jumped in.

It statred to make cooking noises so we promptly drove it back to the marlows, and dumped it. On the way back, the steering wheel came off the steering column, so we towed it back the last k or so.

Upon later inspection, we found that the front wheels were only just on and were pointing in opposite directions. No wonder it was so hard!