[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??

[John Eiseman]

Rebuilt the original 400 engine in a.72.GTO post and installed the distributor 180 degrees out. Took.us a.day to.figure it out.
Twisted the oil drain plug the wrong direction on a girlfriends.Dodge D 50 pickup the wrong way and.tore.the oil.pan.
Sheared a few.small bolts off by over torquing on dirt bikes. The early days in training of a shade tree mechanic.

[hurryinhoosier62]

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??

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.