Just fell right off.... Those cars were not made terribly well were they?BlackSheep214 wrote:Good to hear your old car is still around. Did you ever wished you want her back? I know some folks do wish they had their first car back. I know I did. I had a ‘64 Dodge Dart with push button automatic, 227 cu slant 2 in dark blue. I got it from my grandmother for me to use for college. Sadly, I didn’t have it a summer until one day I felt/heard something fall off on the highway. Come to find out a piece of rusted frame fell off and car was deemed not safe to drive. Had to take it off the road and find another car to use for college.
My first car was a 71 Duster with a slant. Cutting through my city is a little highway called Route 18. It goes north/south and allows you to get to one side or the other a little quicker. After band practice me and my Bass player were going North to south on the way home. A truck enters from 195 and as it comes onto 18 it jumps the last few inches of divider. It pops off the front drivers hubcap, and as we pass it flies under my car. 200 yards later my car goes TickTickTickTick BOOM!.
The cap had gone into the engine bay and sheared off the oil filter. It looked like it was cut by a surgeon it was so precise. THAT is how you kill a Slant 6. I know because I tried every other way and it kept going. I brought two guitars to practice that day so we slogged on for only about 1/4 mile when we got offered a ride.
The thing about it all is Pinard's Junkyard came and got the car. They said they put a filter on it and filled it with oil and it ran! When I went to get my stereo out of it the old man wasn't around. I wanted to see it run. They may have been BS'ing me.