[ihc] frozen clutch?

[Bill Wisser <wisser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Friends, I am very close to getting my 800a back on the road.  Through 
lack of time (and faulty brakes and leaking gas tanks, and...), it has 
been sitting in my driveway for two years.  I fixed the brakes and the 
fuel problems, and I have been steadily troubleshooting electrical 
gremlins.  Last weekend I started it up with the intention of driving it 
around to test the brakes and such, and I found out the clutch is 
frozen.  I can rev match the tranny into gear, but cannot disengage via 
the clutch.  I talked to some old-timers who counseled me to put the 
rear up on jackstands, put it in gear, start it up, slam on the brakes 
to stall it, then depress the clutch and it should pop free.  
Well....no.  I tried that a bunch of times, even letting it run in hopes 
that the engine heat and vibration would work it loose.  I have heard 
another option is to point it down a stretch of deserted road and drive 
it until it breaks loose.  Since I live in the middle of town at the 
bottom of a steep hill, that option is out.  Ideas?

Bill Wisser
1970 800a 304 4spd