[Indiangoat]

Originally Posted by 66 LeMans

Let's hope not! Your worst case scenario scares the crap out of me!!
but we will see when I start it again.

I went to clean the car up today for Tuesday when the dude comes to evaluate my car, I only checked the oil and coolant level on the car. Oil was totally clean, like when I put it in. No sludge or anything. Oil was still clear.
Coolant level dropped a bit because of the overheating, but looked clean. No oil residue floating on top of it.
Didn't start it because I had no time to check on that.

Since it overheated after I shut it down, lets hope I didn't score the cylinder walls.

But, if I did, how can I tell? does it make a scraping sound once I start it up again?
This stuff is scary

If your thermostat is okay you may need to check your bottom radiator hose to see if it is collapsing from pump suction. Sometimes the spiral wire support within the hose can rust away.

I hope your ole 389 is okay. At least you weren't applying a heavy load to the internal components after you noticed it was overheating.