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Originally Posted by TomC750
Reminds me of when I bought my original '41 Mercury with a tired engine. I built a 1950 Merc engine for it, put a few miles on it and headed from NY to Texas with no spare parts. Blew a head gasket in OK, middle of nowhere. Sent a buddy I had with me to a town hitchhiking, he returned with a new gasket, we installed (I had tools!), dipped water out of a stream with a hubcap to refill radiator, started her up and went on our way. Had no more trouble. After a time ended up selling car to same buddy.
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Haha thanks that’s a good story, I will make sure I have a few tools and make sure I bring a little creativity to haha, thanks !!