[RicManSr]

So far this week.

I’ve had some one ask if it was a SPIDER, a CORVETTE, an ORGINIAL, and A FACTORY FIVE.

As I was fueling up last week, the station attendant came out to the parking lot and asked if he could sit in the car while I was filling it up. I said Sure! (I had the keys in my pocket.) After few minutes, he said thank you & that I made his day!

Last week I put the new heads on the car & took it for a test drive. I got about 2 miles up the road when the water temp climbed to 210. The temp on the car has never been above 190, so I knew something was wrong. I pulled into a church parking lot and turned it off. There was coolant in the block. The intake gasket was not seated right. I wasn’t there 2 minutes when someone pulled off the road to ask if I needed a hand. He was kind enough to drive me home to get a rope, bring me back to the car & then tow me back to the house.

Had I been in my OTHER car, I would have had to walk home or call a tow truck.

Yesterday (after I fixed the intake gasket) I was going home from work when the car stumbled & died on me 30 miles from the house. I pulled into a parking lot & put up the hood. Two people stopped to offer assistance within 3 minutes. I thought I was out of gas. (I wasn’t sure the gauge was reading right.) One motorist even went to get a fuel can, filled it with his own money & brought it back to me. He refused for me to pay him back. He was just happy to see the car up close. It fired right up & I proceeded to be on my way.

Had I been in my OTHER car, I would have had to walk home or call a tow truck.

Same DAY. I fill up at a gas station two blocks up the road. (By my calculations it still had 3 gallons of fuel in it when it died.) A few minutes later, I’m headed back down the interstate when the car stumbles & dies AGAIN! I pull over off an exit & shut it off. I let it sit for a minute & it fires right back up & I get back on the road again for another two miles when it stumbles & dies again.

A few minutes later, I’m headed back down the interstate when the car stumbles & dies once more. I pull over off an exit pull into a restaurant parking lot & shut it off. I sit there for a few minutes scratching my head as to what is wrong. As I’m putting the hood up a guy in a Dodge truck pulls up in front of me, gets out & says: “Need some help?” I told him yes, but was unsure what kind of help I needed. I wasn’t sure what was wrong. Within minutes 4 or 5 guys from the restaurant that I’m at come out to see if I needed a hand & to offer assistance. I’m double checking the grounds to the MSD box (Had that problem before) Double check that its getting fuel. It fires right back up again & off I go!

Five minutes later, I’m headed back down the interstate when the car stumbles & dies AGAIN! I pull over off an exit & get out. As I’m putting the hood up a guy in a pick-up truck pulls in behind me, gets out & says: “Is that a FACTORY FIVE?!?!, Anything I can do to help?” I say yes it is and yes you can. I pull out the flashlight & stick my head under the car and check fuel filter,……you guessed it, it was clogged up! He offers to bring me to AutoZone (two blocks away) to get a replacement. Changed it out & off I went without incident.

Had I been in my OTHER car, I would have had to walk home or call a tow truck.

This car gets all the attention of a high priced hooker at a political convention.
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