I have a few PO stories, but nothing as drastic as chipping away at the
top of the pistons with the valves, or Teddy's story of finding undersized,
dimestore hardware holding his upper A-arm spindle to the frame
(unfortunately, Teddy found this out after his front wheel was parallel to
the ground!).
But, my favorite PO story is about how two small town brothers, growing up
on a farm in Salem, Ohio, kept SPL311-25812 together, running, and almost
rust free, for almost 30 years. And then they were kind enough to advertise
it for sale in a Cleveland paper just in time for me to see it. If either
of them had been lax in their maintenance or didn't bother to oil down the
bottom of the car each fall when they did the same for the farm equipment,
MY 1600 might have rusted out or broken down and been crushed and recycled
before I ever had the chance to drive it.
So I chuckle at some of the wiring under the dash and I spend the money
for new front suspension parts when I found out that for years they had
apparently missed one grease fitting that left an A-arm bushing destroyed,
along with it's spindle. But every time I put the car back in the garage
after a great run, I thank them for their efforts!
Paul
OROC
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