I must be the only guy who has had nothing but problems with slantys. I've owned several, the oldest being a '68 and the newest being an '84. The '84 is the one that annoyed me the most as it was my Mother's vehicle. An '84 RAM PU, beautiful truck, ran decent but it would blow out freeze plugs if you tried to drive an extended distance at freeway speeds. Cracked block? Cracked head? Never could figure it out. We couldn't afford to buy a (reman) engine, so we sold it off. The buyer lived about 75 miles away but insisted on driving it. Yup, it left him stranded. Supposedly it blew out a freeze plug on the drivers side with enough force that it dented the inner fender. Last I heard (this was a LONG time ago) buyer replaced the engine only to have the trans and rear end fail. He sold it off after owning it less than a year.