Hot Rods my 34

I just got to let this out. This seems like a proper good place to do this because most here, if not all will understand (I hope.)
My former 34 (3) now Window sits idle, its B & M Trans blown from not listening how it was to be shifted. The Owner is not a man of means. however, the car sits in a sports car repair shop. When picking it up, May 31 st, he drove it with me coaching him on the way the tranny must be shifted. Again it is a B & M 727 Chrysler Torque flight. Well, he confessed he forgot once, left in in 1st forgetting it was not a normal every day automatic, (thinking of course it would go through the gears) and well it lasted a while until the seals gave up and started leaking daily while he just added more trans fluid when needed. Then on his way to his way to Goodguys later in the month it gave up all over I-167. He sent pics .
Its just hard to understand that what I sacrificed in good faith at half its value in honor of his dad's early history with the car and Eirik's admiration for this 34 through the years why sits broken because of a lack of not listening & understanding

 

That sucks Larry. I really like that car. Hope he gets it right and it doesn't sit very long.

 

That is really sad. Its hard to imagine a "car guy" who doesn't know that transmissions, no matter what kind, need to shift gears To match road speed.

 

Really hard to fathom what it would have sounded like cruisin down the freeway in first gear.

 

Years ago my wife wanted to borrow my pickup. Sure I said, but the indicator for the auto tranny is off by one gear, so when it shows neutral, its really drive. Easy to count the clicks from park on down to drive, understand? Sure she said. When she returned she asked why the truck would only go 45 MPH.

 

Reminds me of the time I sold my hopped up '65 Chevy pickup. It had a custom dash with a push button start switch. The push button switch had gone bad and the guy installed a toggle switch in it's place. It wasn't a momentary type switch, rather an on/off type. He let his girlfriend drive the truck (one time) and she left the toggle switch engaged. He called me wanting to know why most of the wiring had burned up

 

The sad thing is, when you watch them leave your possession for the last time, no matter how much time, blood, sweat, tears, love, money, and instructions you give to the new owner, they aren’t ours anymore to care for or watch after.

 

Sorry the car's new custodian was a moron, but I've seen this show before. I had a friend who owned a really nice '56 Chev post car with a L88/4 speed and 4.88 Olds rear gears to a kid. It was a killer stoplight bandit, but a 'comfortable' cruising speed was about 50 mph. He blew it up trying to do a speed run on the freeway going home to impress his buddy. It expired after about 40 miles...

 

That’s why whenever I sell one of mine I make sure it’s going out of state so I dont ever see it again.

 

It’s a bummer but shit happens.

I’d rather it get its guts spilt in the freeways because he was driving it instead of all the seals going dry because it sits to much.

drive, break, repair, repeat. There’s only way to learn that and he’s learning.

still hard letting your baby go regardless of the outcome though. I agree

 

The sad future is that after you did what you felt was the right thing to do in practically giving it away to the original builders family you will probably hear they sold it for a good profit

 

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't keep it from pissing in it.