Budget racing the old nuts & bolts

Well there is a good story behind this motor. As everyone might know or at least it's been told that the gentleman I got the motor from for $50 on Craigslist has help me in other ways with other things too that he wasn't needing any more. And I can kind of get the situation where he's had the motor for a long time it's done him real well and now he's getting the new Stroker motor with its pedigree and everything. And just kind of wants to get rid of all the old stuff and start fresh with new stuff for his 66 Barracuda. Kind of just get it all out of here and let me put new things on my baby. So The transmission cooler was an extra he had after getting a bigger one. He welcomed me to have it As he's enjoying watching the progression of his old motor getting a third life. So as I pick up the transmission cooler and chat with him he's telling me of a time when he was young and lived in Colorado didn't have much money as we all didn't When We Were Young. Believe me I remember a time when I had to take the bus or walk with my first job till I could afford to save up a little for a car and that's right where he was at. And finally saved up enough to start looking at cars on his walk home from work and looking at the back of the lot for the cheap ones. Came up on a 72 satellite for $500 with the Leaky radiator hose and they settled for $250. Bought some stop leak in a hose clamp (now I know where the trouble started lol) and fix it right there on the lot and drove it home till he can make a better repair. Then continue to drive the car across the country Nebraska and back and Idaho and back and back to Oregon and finally did end up in Oregon where the car drove for a long time until it finally became undriveable. He kept the motor and transmission for a 66 Barracuda that was over at his dad's house and had it rebuilt 12 to 14 years ago possibly and put 35,000 miles on it since and now here we are. I thought that was kind of interesting