bit of a yarn , with my younger brother i was always pulling out my mark ii zephr engine , had stripped a big end ( did the damage when a hotted up fj flew past me so i caught up to it would back off at the corners ,catch up etc, it was like trying to manover a pregnant wheel burrow doing 100 mph for 20 minuites or so not wanting to overtake it just to show the other young guy that the old girl could keep up) any how with no money for repairs it was replace the caps , every week end the motor would come out , got it down to 3.5 hrs work.. when i got my next car second hand 440 cortina , the first thing the old man said was you wont be touching this car. any how i noticed it was a little noisy so waited till mum and dad and the girls all took off for 3 days to attend a wedding in sydney, out came engine friday avo, went to local ford dealer in myrtleford got one new piston ,set of rings , bearings, gaskets and in they went had it running sunday morning running sweet as no rattles. Couldnt keep it to my self told dad a week later, he looked at me tried to look a little crossed , just shook his head, i breathed a sigh of relief , life went on untill i did a nose flip in it a year later and retired the old girl
