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this car came with a small block, that after a VERY short time in our possession, decided to give up the ghost. lost oil pressure, and before i knew it, rods were a knockin' like nobody's business. so, out it came.......




Typical auction car.... Incorrect claim on T/A block. Not well functioning/running car. I bet it looked pretty on the auction stage or in dealer pictures under the right frosty lights.

Somebody cut some corners and/or did something wrong in that motor to cause that pushrod problem. I bet the motor showed indications of something wrong before you bought it.

Stinks that you had to go through all that.