Well, I suppose its inevitable.---If you drive a hotrod for enough years, sooner or later, its going to let you down. Yesterday, I was out, cruising all over town with that big cheesy grin that the first springtime ride will give you. Today I was installing a window air conditioner for my stepson who lives on the far side of town in a small apartment with his wife and my two grand daughters. First trip over to measure the window opening---everything went fine---Second trip over to trial fit the thing--trip over went fine. When I left his place, the RPU hiccupped when I left his steep driveway---I thought--Hmmm---Must be flooded a bit from being parked in a real steep incline. It seemed to clear allright, and I drove down to the first intersection. Then it quit!!! I could smell gas quite strong, and it turned over fine, but no spark. I waited 15 minutes and tried again---same thing. Two kids about 30 come along and were admiring the car, so I got them to help me push it into a parking spot and left it there. Caught a ride home and got my Ford Ranger and my towbar that I built 4 years ago when I was dragging the car around for muffler work, etcetera, and went back across town and hooked up the car and towed it home. Waited an hour and tried to start it again. This time, it wouldn't turn over at all. Charged the battery for 2 hours---got lots of horn (no lights on it right now, waiting for Halogens), and it still won't turn over. I hear the sarter solenoid kick in, then just a grunt, and nothing else!!! Now I guess that tomorrow I will get to see if the "drop out" battery box that I built and then installed under the bed floor BEFORE I built the bed floor will really "drop out". Its acting like I may have a bad connection at the battery.---Or a bad ground. I got my sons fishing boat battery out of the shed and put the charger on it, so tomorrow I can try and figure out what the heck is going on.