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That is verifiable, as I lost feeling in my ass and my hands for 2 weeks after that ride.

Field repairs were often brutal but would see you through. In 1970 I took a ride across the USA, with a Nam buddy, in a 1961 Mercury Comet. Bought it legal off the lot in Santa Rosa, as is, for $99 bugs. NO guarantee. Went by way of Yosemite, Death Valley, southwest, across Texas and up to...

The technology has improved steadily since. but now motors are much more complicated to work on. In 1972 I bought a 1950 Buick Special for 500 bugs. It was absolutely cherry. Perfect chrome and paint. Must have been stored in a garage, Flat head straight 8 with a 3 speed on the column. It...

I recall, back in the Nam in 1967, to bring life back to a 4 cylinder flathead Continental, which had froze up over time, I pulled the heads, shot solvent down the ports, and while rolling the engine manually used a hammer to beat the stuck valves down. All loosened up and back to running in...