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- From: jfox@hooksett.East.Sun.COM (John Fox - SunExpress IR)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: reliable cars
- Message-ID: <16u6vpINN5hr@seven-up.East.Sun.COM>
- Date: 19 Aug 92 19:21:29 GMT
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- In article l956j6INN5o@male.EBay.Sun.COM, jimj@cleanplate.EBay.Sun.COM (James D. Jones) writes:
- > In article <1992Aug19.161102.2821@morrow.stanford.edu> charlie@leland.Stanford.EDU (Charlie Channel, Jr.) writes:
- > >
- > >Ted is correct. I onced owned a '65 Plymouth Valiant with a slant 6.
- > >Virtually indestructable. Witness the day my wife drove the thing
- > >without water in the radiator, pulled into a gas station, turned off
- > >the engine and then attempted to put water in the radiator. The only
- > >thing that cracked was the cast iron housing that attaches to the
- > >block that covers the thermostat.
- >
- > A friend of mine had a Plymouth wagon with the same
- > engine, same vintage. It was reliable, but the radiator was leaky.
- > More than once we pulled into gas stations on long road trips with the
- > radiator bone dry. He'd hose down the engine (tremendous clouds of
- > steam), wait a minute, fill the radiator, and off we'd go. Took two
- > accidents to kill that car, and even then another '60s Plymouth owner avidly
- > scooped up the remains from him at a pretty respectable price.
-
-
- I'll add my slant six story....
- I had a 67 Dart which was a first car for myself and 2 older sisters.
- The thing ran like a top. One day, leaving high school I'm about 20 miles
- into a little excursion with a few buddies when I notice the temp gauge
- a little high. We pull over and pop the hood. Something doesn't look right.
- I see too much daylight. Ah, of course, the radiator is gone! No problem,
- of course. Drive it home, then to the junkyard, then back home to pop
- it in. A couple hours later, we're back on the road. The Dart took it all
- in stride.
-
- John
-