In article >,
dsi1 > wrote:

> Cars were certainly goofy back then. I used to have a 65 Nova back in the
> day. Coasting down the mountain would cause oil to pool up inside the
> cylinders.

You needed a ring job and possibly a bore job. Sounds dirty, doesn't it?

> Accelerating at the bottom would cause a trail of blue smoke to
> mark our path for about a mile. It was okay to do stuff like that back in the
> early 70's. Going up the mountain, I had to worry about the radiator losing
> all its water.

You should have, at the very least, poured condensed milk into the
radiator to seal the leak. You probably needed belts and hoses too!
What kind of mechanic were you?

leo