The excitement of the brown delivery truck can easily be quashed if the box it leaves on your doorstep contains the wrong part. Huge buzzkill, honestly. Such a mixup happened to me this week with the clutch cable on my 1972 SL125, but rather than ship back the proverbial lemon, I decided to make lemonade.
https://www.hagerty.com/media/maintenance-and-tech/how-to-improvise-when-you-get-shipped-the-wrong-c...
https://www.hagerty.com/media/maintenance-and-tech/how-to-improvise-when-you-get-shipped-the-wrong-c...
