I just wanted to let everyone know about a sort of freak accident and caution everyone to work safely.  Two friends were working on a 56 Ford recently adjusting the lifters.  The manual transmission car was in neutral.  They had reached in the window and started and turned the car off.  A socket wrench fell while working and hit a gear shift levers on the firewall. unknown to the guys. The next time they stared it, the car was in gear and jumped forward and one man suffered two broken legs.  I guess the message is to set brakes, block wheels and use safe stands.

Paul J. - '57 E Code