[Steve Barcak]

I have thought of another few. I've broken crank shafts on my street cars ( 455s) and they still ran and drove me home. didn't need a hook.

another interesting purchase about 10 years back. Got a call from a guy who wanted to sell me his '79 301 4spd Formula. He said it runs but has 2 rods sticking out of the pan. I thought to myself, yeah, sure it does.
Well, when I went there to buy it, sure enough, #1 and #2 rod were sticking out of the pan and I started it up and drove it on the trailer. Later, I drove it down the road, put it through all 4 gears to check the condition of the trans. It vibrated like crazy but, that little 301 would not die. I still have to this day here at Pontiac Heaven.

Another time I bought an Electra 225 from an impound yard to part out and to mess with. I decided to power brake it to smoke the RR tire. then I decided to smoke it until something let go. I just sat their, Q-jet sucking air on top of that 455, tire smoking incredibly then.. the tire let go! it took out a good part of the quarter panel too! From inside the car it sounded like a bomb. It was quite startling.