340 connecting rod oil squirters

I worked at a very small mechanic shop years ago when I was a kid. It was the owner, one of his dopehead friends and me. They were cool and all......that's just how they were. Anyway, Billy, the other mechanic had a 68 I think it was Chevelle wagon. 307, powerglide. Just a go to work, go to the bar car. This is no lie.......Buster, the owner and I got there first every mornin.....Billy always late from gettin drunk and or chasin tail......Buster an I could hear the guy coming literally over a city block away long before we saw him. Knock knock knock knock. It had a spun rod bearing. I swear as I'm sittin here typin this, he drove that thing a solid year at least before he found something else and moved on. ....and it was STILL RUNNING when he left. He just kept his big toe on the gas and kinda let it idle around. It was funny, but it got him everywhere he needed to be.