Went to 1st car show of season down in Mass. I was supprised to be the only AC there out of mabe 300 rides. I met up with a few of my friends who had their rides, vettes, Dodges & a wicked nice 68 custom built Stang. Anyway, all had fun & the show went on till dusk. On the way back to Maine, I noticed in stop & go traffic that my timing seemed to be off or mabe a power valve in my carb may have blown.
Very slugish on take off & wanting to die @ stopping. I decided to roll on back to Maine; about 40 miles. Got on the highway & headed back, all seemed well. Toward the end of the highway route I pulled off for a quick stop. She labored to restart, not much but I noticed. As I pulled back on the highway going up the on ramp in 2nd going to 3rd @ about 3 grand I got a big backfire out of the driverside pipe;
it
lit the night sky! & nothing.
She puttered to a stop! WTF
Had I just lost a $25+K Holmon Moody original built sideoiler!
Well after the 1.5 hour wait for the ramp truck, I at last got loaded up & got home & just crashed. The next day I pulled the plugs & inspected them all & then each cylinder with a borescope. All seemed good! Next I turned her over about 10 seconds to be sure of
oil pressure.
Zip, Nota, Zilch!! 
I then popped off the rotor cap, cracked the accumulator to insure
oil on the crank & bearings & gave her a nother spin. The rotor didn't move!
Ok, so now I pull out the 65 motorcraft distributor. As the distributor comes out there is
no gear!! Looking down into the distributor port, there it sits! The distributor gear shear pin, had sheared(clean)!
All appears good! Dist./gear, cam/gear etc. Either someting got into the
oil pump or the oil pump spring gave way! At least, thats my guess/hope. I'm waiting for the new pump & drive shaft to arrive before dropping the pan for the R&R. No need to expose the engine to any FME if not necessary. I'm hopeful! anyway. CSX3116 did the same thing many years ago. I'll post more as I know.
You gota love these rides
It was a Kick Ass Romp!
Sat. Night Blues
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