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Originally Posted by mgarblik
Dumbest non-purchase mistake. Test driving a 1970 Superbird, 440 6 BBL. not buying it because it was a cheap, pile of junk, poor fitting, rattle trap. Along with running lousy and being slow! Seller wouldn't take a penny less than $1500.00 for it. Yikkkess!!!! Orange, black bench seat interior, auto on column, good body, paint. Tiny bit of rust along the edges. Who Knew??
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My first automotive mistake was almost as bad. I
passed on a numbers matching ‘65 K code Mustang fastback. Orange with a black interior with a bit of surface rust on the left quarter; at fifteen years old I felt $500 was too much. First mistake in engine building: my sister had a ‘79 Sunbird with the Iron Duke 151 and a four speed. Sis managed to spin all four rod bearings, so I volunteered to rebuild it for her. Everything went well until I went to start it for the first time. It wouldn’t fire; no spark. I triple checked everything I even pulled the timing cover to
check the timing marks. I was bumfuzzled until I pulled the distributor cap. When I rebuilt the distributor( as to why I don’t remember) I
managed to get the distributor shaft 180 degrees out of time. Switched out the old distributor for a different distributor; engine fired and ran like a top.