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MMissile said:
The autopsy revealed....
My "friend"/builder assembled it too tightly, used other parts that it was supposed to have, and had more compression than I was led to believe.
There were several contributing factors [dirt, interference issues, and detonation]. I have to suck-it-up, and rebuild it. My examiner will be doing the rebuild.
I bought Carrillo rods and Gibtec pistons.......hmmmm?

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My Ritter block needs a sleeve. One head needs a couple new TI valves, seats, and guides [didn't really hurt the chamber], and have to purchase a new
rotator..... Bob joked and said " Hey, I saved the intake." Not funny, but funny.
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Ouch for sure. You bought all the good stuff and did it up right. Problems like this can happen to any if us. I do hope you rebuild it as it's a great story with a cool car.
 
OK im confused, chk the boobtube link and cars with similar colors had accident on Nov 1st, but the "offender" appears to be a silver Merc?? That hit a 70's corvette?
 

From the article in Auto Wire

Chaos erupted at Mecum’s Dallas–Fort Worth auction when a 1958 Willys pickup went rogue, plowing into a lineup of prized classics like a wild bull in a glassware shop. Three folks got carted off to the hospital, and some serious automotive royalty took a beating—including a cherry ’66 Corvette, a slick ’77 Firebird Trans Am, and a freakin’ 2019 ZR1 that probably still smelled like factory leather.

Eyewitnesses muttered something about a driver’s foot slipping—honestly, who floors it at an auction? Next thing you know, that Willys, a restomod monster with a Chrysler Hemi under the hood, turned demolition derby star. Gnarly photos show its crumpled nose buried in the Corvette’s side like some morbid car crash sculpture. People just stood there slack-jawed as six-figure sheet metal got folded like origami.

The real tragedy? The worst-hit rides were already sold—talk about buyer’s remorse. That Mosport Green ’66 Vette, a legit unicorn with its 327 small-block, got sandwich-crushed. It ricocheted into a black-and-gold Trans Am, which then kissed the nearly-new ZR1. Meanwhile, the Willys, still waiting for a buyer, somehow dodged the hammer only to become an accidental wrecking ball.


So much for celebrating horsepower heritage. The whole scene dissolved from polished chrome to shattered dreams in seconds, leaving stunned bidders with a weekend story no one saw coming. Crunch time, literally.

Imagine making that call to the insurance company? Honestly, I’d just leave the country at that point.
 
4spdragtop said:
OK im confused, chk the boobtube link and cars with similar colors had accident on Nov 1st, but the "offender" appears to be a silver Merc?? That hit a 70's corvette?
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It’s called a neutral safety switch
 
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