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markeb01 · 01-14-2012, 08:41 PM

When I was a kid my old man picked up a 52 Chevy 2 door sedan to turn around for a quick profit. It had belonged to a teenage girl, until her boyfriend “fixed it up” for her by lowering the front end and rebuilding the transmission.

He torched the front springs in one spot straight up and down until each coil had a U shaped droop in it resting on the droop below. At this point they lost all temper and collapsed completely. After “improving” the front end and repairing the transmission, he sent her home in it without any transmission lube. No idea if the relationship endured, but that was the last time she ever drove the car.

It left me with the lasting impression that torching coils and running a transmission empty wasn’t very productive.

01-14-2012, 08:41 PM	#4534
markeb01 Senior Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Spokane Valley, WA Posts: 8,356	Re: What did you do to your truck today? When I was a kid my old man picked up a 52 Chevy 2 door sedan to turn around for a quick profit. It had belonged to a teenage girl, until her boyfriend “fixed it up” for her by lowering the front end and rebuilding the transmission. He torched the front springs in one spot straight up and down until each coil had a U shaped droop in it resting on the droop below. At this point they lost all temper and collapsed completely. After “improving” the front end and repairing the transmission, he sent her home in it without any transmission lube. No idea if the relationship endured, but that was the last time she ever drove the car. It left me with the lasting impression that torching coils and running a transmission empty wasn’t very productive.