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I remember this car. My best friend Richard and I borrowed one of these from a friend of his back in 1965 or so. We had it for less than a week. While driving along on our first day, the oil light came on; funny we are low on oil. Well we filled it up with oil and soon, the oil light came on again. Oh, something was wrong.
We looked carefully and saw the leak somewhere near the front of the car. We filled the car with more oil and headed for this “foreign car” dealer. With their help, we determined it was coming from the front timing chain cover and the dealer was willing to lend us some tools and we disassembled the car in their back lot. We found the gash in the cover and walked to a shop nearby and had the gash welded shut. We then purchased the timing chain tension spring from the dealer and reassembled the car. It worked like a charm and I’m not sure we ever mentioned anything to Richard’s friend.
This was over 40 years ago but I think about that event every time I see one of these cars.
© Fred Winograd copyright 2009
Oh, man…a blast from the past. That’s where we learned that we could do anything that we wanted to, given time, help and money! Well, 2 out of 3 ain’t bad…
Seeing this picture brings back memories of Jersey City, and the escapades of Richard and Fred
Yes, this was a long time ago. However, Richa and I have been friends befire and after this event. Hello to you and Rick.