first time rear end swap

Great!!

Here's a true story from the old days at NAS Miramar.

The lot of the hobby shop was sloped in places, and the worthless teenager who worked in the tool room was supposed to filter people, IE tuneups or simple jobs could use the sloped stalls. He had given a "hilly" spot to some guys who rebuilt a Ford "Y" block, and............

One day I went out in the lot just in time to see a mess in "happening"

Guys had about a 59/60 Ford pickup were trying to put the engine trans back in. They had an over-extended cherry picker, had lost control, and I guess two of the guys on the back "for ballast" had stepped off.

I got there just in time to see the tail of the transmission stuck right through the windshield........and draining ATF all over the dash.

I was an ETR-2 GCA RADAR tech at Miramar from 70-74. Worked part time at the hobby shop.