For Those Who Have Purchased a "Non-Running" Mopar/Other
I bought a 60's MGB ragtop in DeLand, FL late 80's. I was hauling cars back then with a C-30 Chevy with a ramp body and a 20' enclosed trailer..
I had a MB 190SL in my enclosed trailer so I loaded the MG onto the ramp truck. While crawling under the RR of the B to strap it down a good size snake crawled out of the tailpipe... I must have been disturbing his home.
When I got back home to WI two big rats jumped out of the under floor battery boxes... yikes!
That reminds me of a '69 Coronet R/T that I bought in the early '90s.
440 4 speed 3:54 Dana Ramcharger hood car, all original and stock except for headers and electronic ignition.
Pretty much a ''survivor'' by today's standards.
The clutch was bad, and that's why it was parked in the guy's shop for over 10 years.
I replaced the clutch, but it didn't have a lot of power for a 375 horse 440.
I got pissed off at it and floored it running it through the gears and revving it up to 5,500 R.P.M. between gear changes.
The second time I did that, it somehow ''took off'' as if I hit a nitrous bottle at the end of second gear.
It had great power after that.
I turned around and drove back to where this surge in power happened.
On the highway, there was a bunch of dead mice and stuffing, twigs, etc. laying on the road.
As it turns out, the exhaust was so plugged with the mouse nest that the engine couldn't breathe.
Problem solved!
I loved that car and shouldn't have sold it...........
