[holmesuser01]

The 1958 Plymouth I had looked alot like Christine when the guy in the movie found "her."

I've owned so many examples of the Slant Six engine... Every one of them ran great with just a tad of maintenance, and a yearly valve adjustment. I think near the end, they got hydraulic lifters, and the valve adjustments were no longer needed.

The only thing I didnt like was working on the distributor on these engines... crammed under the low side of the engine. Fun replacing points in there... I'm showing my age here.

Just thought of this one: A customer had a house fire. They had cleaned up most of the fire damage, except for the living room where a BIG 25" Curtis-Mathes set was... The set had a hole burned in it, and had gotten soaked with water. The power company came and inspected the house before they turned on the power again... And found nothing abnormal. Turned on the power and left after doing a quick walk-through again.

Two or three hours later, we were working and cleaning and were not paying any attention to any odd sounds, until suddenly we heard a loud BUZZ sound from the living room. The big Curtis Mathes apparently had dried out, and turned back on. I thought it was on fire, until I realized that steam was coming out of it.

The people that owned the house gave it to me, and I salvaged the CRT for another project.