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2nd car was a 71 Plymouth Satellite Sebring Plus muscle car, a road runner only a little smaller and normal horn. Was going around a corner that had RR tracks and the car kind of wobbled a little. Stopped at a full service gas station 1 block from the tracks. We put it on the lift. The mechanic wiggled the right front wheel and it fell off into his harms. The bearings were gone and it was just about to wear thru the axle end.

This may sound like a commercial, but...

Had a 78 GMC Jimmy. It was exactly like the full size Chevy Blazer only it had a 278cuin inline six. It would only go 80mph, but had so much torque it could pull a house at 80mph.

This was back when Slick 50 first came out and when oil still came in those cardboard cans. It was not in stores, it sold thru word of mouth. My brother had gotten a case to help a friend but wasn't too keen on additives. He gave my Dad a quart and he wasn't too keen on additives either. Noticed it when I was changing the oil on the Jimmy.

Followed the instructions of draining all the oil and changing the filter. Then added all back but the last two quarts, then start the engine and add in the Slick 50, then the last quart. Then run the motor and drive around for 30 minutes. Did that and almost immediately it started idling higher and higher. Had to readjust the idle on the carb to get the idle back down to normal from 3000rpm. Thought that was impressive.

My Dad ask me if he could borrow my Jimmy to make a cheese run. A small town 70 miles away that made cheese, and my parents bought cheese and distributed it to all their friends an coworkers. It was mostly cheddar and came in these big cylinders called horns. It was very popular but not in the local stores. The amount of cheese they were buying was almost 2000 lbs.! They completely filled that Jimmy with cheese.

Before they left I noticed the oil with the Slick 50 was overdue for an oil change. Asked them to stop and a quick lube place and get the oil and filter change on the way out of town and they agreed.

When I got off work I went by to trade my Dads car back for my Jimmy and was tight on time to make it to night classes. When I went by my parents had unloaded all the cheese and had the Jimmy ready to go. My Dad said they got the oil changed but I should check it because it kind of started clattering on the way back into town. In a hurry to make class I jumped in and took off without checking the oil.

School was 11 miles form my parents house and at 10 miles it started clattering like it was low on oil. No gauges or dummy lights. As soon as I pulled into the school parking lot I hurriedly checked the oil. The dipstick was bone dry without a trace of oil.

I was freaking out in class. A girl in class had just happened to buy a couple cases of oil on sale for 50¢ a quart. Said she would sell me what ever I needed. During a break I put the full 9 quarts in to bring it up to the proper level. It was completely dry. Also checked and yes both the drain plug and filter were attached and not leaking.

Drove to my parents without any problems and asked what was up. My Mom said she noticed when they were refilling the oil they were putting in the wrong viscosity. She said something so they supposedly drained it out and put the correct oil in. Only they must have gotten their wires crossed and not put the plug back in or something until after filling the oil. They couldn't have checked the dip stilck because they let my parents drive off with no oil in the engine.

So, my parents drove my Jimmy 70 miles without oil. Filled it with a 2000 lbs. payload (abuout twice what a Jimmy is rated for). Then drove it 70 miles home. All without any oil in the engine. And my Dad said it didn't even start clattering until they had gotten a few miles from home.

Drove that Jimmy another year without having any problems. After that the case of Slick 50 my older brother had somehow evaporated cans and all.