How to ship a hood



    
I had been collecting parts for
    my convertible
    project and ended up with a couple extra hoods. I sold one
    of them to someone out of state. I had used Greyhound Package
    Express in the past for large items. And sure enough, they shipped
    the hood for me. Months later, when I sold the other extra hood
    to someone else out of state, I decided to use the same service.
    So I man-handled the hood on top of my car's hood (see photos
    below), affixed the hood using packaging tape, then proceeded
    to drive the mere 2 miles to the Greyhound station. I then man-handled
    the hood into the station where the girl immediately said it
    was too big to ship. But I told her I had done this before with
    the same kind of hood. She said they are still Greyhound but
    they're also some smaller company with a smaller bus. She said
    I would need to take it to the downtown Phoenix station. Well
    it made it 2 miles to the first place without falling off the
    car, so what the hell. I drove about another 20 miles with the
    hood taped to my car, man-handled it into the station where the
    lady said it was too big. I wanted to strangle her, but I am
    a man of incredible restraint. I had her check with her supervisor
    (by telephone...because he was on vacation). He said it's too
    big. So it appears that the first time they shipped a hood for
    me, it was a mistake; apparently one they did not intend on making
    again, even considering all of the circumstances. After man-handling
    the hood onto my car for the last time to take it back home,
    a Mexican cab driver said to me from across the parking lot,
    "Oh yeah, that's going to hold." I told him I already
    drove all over town and I haven't lost it yet! Besides, he was
    a cab driver and one can only assume that he wasn't moonlighiting
    from his job as a physicist. I probably could have got the car
    up to 60 mph without the hood flying off, but I didn't risk it
    (I only reached about 45). I probably could have turned corners
    rather briskly without the hood flying off, but I didn't risk
    it. I'm pretty sure that if I jammed on the brakes really hard,
    it would have flown off, so I didn't do that. After getting home,
    my neighbor and I built a wooden crate for the hood. (see photos
    below). Then I shipped it FedEx through someone who has a business
    account. Thank God I am out of extra hoods!

    

    

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