OT, cant kill a Toyota Pickup

[Joe Wicked]

That was awesome. I tried to kill my first car. A 2 door 76 Mercury Monarch. Pretty much the same results. In the end, both doors were tied shut, the power steering was gone, the pump completely froze up burning up the belt which also turned the fan. Even though it kept over heating, it kept running. I rolled it into a ditch, righted it, and continued. In the end I sold it to a friend who was making a 62 falcon hot rod for $100. He used the 9" rear that was in the car, transmission, and seats. He could not believe it would not die either. I think it is the car gods. When you want to kill one, you cannot. When you want it to last forever, you have about 6 months.

[Ron61]

They made cars better back then. I knew a guy here that had an old Buick he wanted to junk out and he decided to run it until the engine blew. He drove it without water until it finally stopped and it smelled to High Heaven. Next day for kicks he decided to see if it would turn over and it not only turned over but started up. Then he drained the oil pan and started it and put a brick on the accelerator pedal to hold it wide open. I was amazed how long it ran before the engine finally blew.

Ron