Re: [AMC-list] engine blowing up for charity

["Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I know what you mean Russ. Several decades ago I was given an old full size 
chevy for like $25. It had a brand new battery in it. I wanted the battery. 
So after taking off parts that I thought might be valuable, we drove the car 
to the salvage yard on a Saturday afternoon after hours. It wouldn't go over 
about 45 mph no matter how hard we tried. At the yard, we drained the 
coolant, placed a brick on the accellerator, and started it up, it ran for a 
LLLLLOOOOONNNGGGG time at maybe 5000rpm, we thought it would overheat and 
sieze. Nope, it got so hot that the gunk on the outside of the block began 
steaming like it was going to start a fire. We turned off the key, but it 
wouldn't stop running.......hot spots in the heads were igniting the fuel 
air mixture........as a last resort we tossed sand and gravel down the 
carburetor. It finally stopped. We were afraid it would begin burning and 
some one would call the Fire Dept.

Armand.

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