back in the early 1970s I had a part time job working nights in a local gas station,
mostly doing oil changes, fixing flat tires and doing occasional brake jobs.
one day a guy pulls in in a truck with his girl friend in a 1965 tempest, being towed behind the truck,
that looked very similar to this picture off the internet
he says the engine runs fine, but has a bad miss,
but I think the transmissions trashed the car won,t move.
and it made bad grinding noises if you started the engine,
so I asked him what he wanted to do with the car, he says he was quoted more than $600 on the phone ,
at the local Pontiac dealer to replace the transmission, ... could I do it cheaper?
I asked him what he wanted for the car (I had a muncie transmission at home) he said $400 AS IS,
it took me a couple days to raise the cash, but he was thrilled to get the money for a car that did not run with a busted transmission.
as soon as I had the title I put the car up on the gas station lift, I was going to pull the trans and replace it..
.I think he was convinced the engine was about to self destruct also,
I then found his problems.. all three flex plate to torque converter bolts were either missing or sheared off,
and one rocker arm had come loose, once the rocker arm and converter bolts were replaced the car ran ok.
once I got the car running I was offered $1500 , for it by the gas station owner,
I never should have sold the car, he was still driving it in 2006 the last time I saw him.
I really regretted selling that car,
shortly after that I found one that I kept for a couple of years,
and its the one I miss the most, I posted that story years ago
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...-resulting-from-an-engine-swap.898/#post-3239
mostly doing oil changes, fixing flat tires and doing occasional brake jobs.
one day a guy pulls in in a truck with his girl friend in a 1965 tempest, being towed behind the truck,
that looked very similar to this picture off the internet
he says the engine runs fine, but has a bad miss,
but I think the transmissions trashed the car won,t move.
and it made bad grinding noises if you started the engine,
so I asked him what he wanted to do with the car, he says he was quoted more than $600 on the phone ,
at the local Pontiac dealer to replace the transmission, ... could I do it cheaper?
I asked him what he wanted for the car (I had a muncie transmission at home) he said $400 AS IS,
it took me a couple days to raise the cash, but he was thrilled to get the money for a car that did not run with a busted transmission.
as soon as I had the title I put the car up on the gas station lift, I was going to pull the trans and replace it..
.I think he was convinced the engine was about to self destruct also,
I then found his problems.. all three flex plate to torque converter bolts were either missing or sheared off,
and one rocker arm had come loose, once the rocker arm and converter bolts were replaced the car ran ok.
once I got the car running I was offered $1500 , for it by the gas station owner,
I never should have sold the car, he was still driving it in 2006 the last time I saw him.
I really regretted selling that car,
shortly after that I found one that I kept for a couple of years,
and its the one I miss the most, I posted that story years ago
http://garage.grumpysperformance.co...-resulting-from-an-engine-swap.898/#post-3239
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