Quote Originally Posted by techinspector1
"this car has fought us every step of the way........."
I know I've had cars like that and I feel sure others have as well.
Absolutely and for me it eventually becomes a matter of principle and I refuse, (to my own detriment sometimes) to be beaten by it.

I couldn't tell you how many problems I had with my '55 after I first got it together.

Much like Stovens' 68 Mustang, my '55 stranded me a few times too. In fact, the very first time I took it out for anything other than a test run, it left me walking 3 miles up I-15 into town at 2:00 in the morning in a tuxedo after my senior prom so that I could use a payphone to call in the cavalry. I finally got it home at around 5:00 and had to be to work at 7:00.... Unfortunately, that's just one of many stories that resulted in me walking....

I know your boy's pain Don. I only hope that I don't have to re-live it all my Firebird. I'm to old and frail to put up with it...

Hopefully, the tranny problem is your boy's last with it.

Cheers,
Dutch