How Could I Be So Stupid/Careless?
Later, when I owned the 70 440-6 car, it had an Ed, 800 Holley, headers. Lots of nonsense with that car. One weekend and friend and I were going from San Diego to the Sac area to see a friend stationed up there at the so called Davis com sta. HE (the friend) sold me the 70. ? Midnight ? middle of nowhere, we are roaring along, and I felt some vibration. I guessed "it might be a belt" and about that time all hell broke loose. I am lucky I didn't wreck it from the coolant and engine oil. The no6 rod cap had come apart, and one or more rods next to it broke, and one of them in there swung around and broke the cam into about 4 parts. Punched a hole through the block and pan, the valves stopped, and what was left of the working pistons beat the valves to death
One pushrod came up and made a BIG mark on the bottom of the intake where it tried to punch through the intake.
I pulled the rocker covers, intake, and distributor, and threw the rest into the dumpster.
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We bummed a ride from a gas station operator / wrecker these two brothers, who took us to stockton, where we spent the night. Next morning discovered we could NOT rent a one way UHaul. Bummed around Stockton and took a bus to San Francisco, a taxi to the airport, and a PSA flight back to San Diego. Took a Taxi down to my friend's place in National City, got his rig, drove CLEAR north from there to NAS Miramar, and retrieved my '64 426 Dodge, borrowed some rear tires from a friend, and rented a clamp on tow bar. Drove CLEAR back up to almost to Stockton, and towed the RR back to Miramar.
My leading chief and the RADAR shop could do a marvelous imitation of Columbo, who was not even a TV show, yet. He goes, "I just have one question, his eyebrows knitted as if deep thought.........."Are you supposed to be able to look DOWN THROUGH the engine, and SEE THE GROUND?"
A day off at the RADAR shop, which is no longer there. The Marines have paved over where this was. Left, one of 2 62--64 GM service trucks, an unknown friend of Nelson, 70 Challenger Shaker Hood, Nelson's Olds, My black 64 Dodge 440 (426), a friend's 68 RR, and my lime 70 RR
Later, when I owned the 70 440-6 car, it had an Ed, 800 Holley, headers. Lots of nonsense with that car. One weekend and friend and I were going from San Diego to the Sac area to see a friend stationed up there at the so called Davis com sta. HE (the friend) sold me the 70. ? Midnight ? middle of nowhere, we are roaring along, and I felt some vibration. I guessed "it might be a belt" and about that time all hell broke loose. I am lucky I didn't wreck it from the coolant and engine oil. The no6 rod cap had come apart, and one or more rods next to it broke, and one of them in there swung around and broke the cam into about 4 parts. Punched a hole through the block and pan, the valves stopped, and what was left of the working pistons beat the valves to death
One pushrod came up and made a BIG mark on the bottom of the intake where it tried to punch through the intake.
I pulled the rocker covers, intake, and distributor, and threw the rest into the dumpster.
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We bummed a ride from a gas station operator / wrecker these two brothers, who took us to stockton, where we spent the night. Next morning discovered we could NOT rent a one way UHaul. Bummed around Stockton and took a bus to San Francisco, a taxi to the airport, and a PSA flight back to San Diego. Took a Taxi down to my friend's place in National City, got his rig, drove CLEAR north from there to NAS Miramar, and retrieved my '64 426 Dodge, borrowed some rear tires from a friend, and rented a clamp on tow bar. Drove CLEAR back up to almost to Stockton, and towed the RR back to Miramar.
My leading chief and the RADAR shop could do a marvelous imitation of Columbo, who was not even a TV show, yet. He goes, "I just have one question, his eyebrows knitted as if deep thought.........."Are you supposed to be able to look DOWN THROUGH the engine, and SEE THE GROUND?"
A day off at the RADAR shop, which is no longer there. The Marines have paved over where this was. Left, one of 2 62--64 GM service trucks, an unknown friend of Nelson, 70 Challenger Shaker Hood, Nelson's Olds, My black 64 Dodge 440 (426), a friend's 68 RR, and my lime 70 RR
