Maybe I missed it being mentioned so just wanted to make sure that you've already pulled the dist. out and looked down that hole with a flash light to make sure the oil pump rod is in good shape and not missing pieces. That is very strange about the screws being gone - seems to me as they got increasingly loose your car would start to run like crap prior to the cap flying off - I just find it hard to imagine that they'd gradually vibrate completely out w/o any signs of misses/stumbles prior to cap completely launching off. That means that one screw would have to be barely hanging on there sufficiently to hold the cap in place till the very end when it came apart and that seems unlikely. Strange....
Well it was weird. So weird(and violent) that I checked for bullet holes. Because the other part of this incident was me on the side of a road in a rural area waiting for a tow truck. Sharks were circling if you know what I mean.
The same dudes over and over kept driving by and looking at me. I noticed them down the road about a half block sitting down there talking, all of them looking at me.
So one finally came forward and started asking me questions to feign an interest in hotrodding. I could tell he was casing me. I also saw immediately that he had a gun in his waste band. I've been around guns a fair bit and could tell from the sliver of the gun that I could see, that it was a Glock and a very worn one. The parkerization was coming off.
I kept up an act and pretended to not notice the gun. (what was I gonna do?)
He was asking me detailed questions about the car and I know he had dreams of a chop shop job that night. He looked very 'meth'.
I tried to make the car seem as unappealing as possible.
"That rear end? Oh that rear end is a 10 bolt open rear end"
"YUP!! This motor's blown, plum seized....just GONE"!
"Tranny? Oh I dunno, I think its out of a MOPAR"!!!!
Anyway, finally my wife showed up and I came up to her car and told her to get going, this guy's gotta gun. She reached over to her purse, pulled out my 9mm and gave it to me!!! She said, "thought you might want this"!!
WHAT A WOMAN!!!!! :thumbsup:
So the dudes finally went away but not far. They slipped into the woods as we waited for the tow truck.
From our left came gun fire from what I estimate was about 50' into the woods. I could feel the concussions of the reports. That's how close it was although I saw no muzzle flashes.
Had a target presented itself, I would have engaged it but none did.
I called 911. To which the operator said, call us back if anyone is injured. Great, thanks. Appreciate the concern.
Right after that, the tow truck arrived and I kept a vigil for the dudes as the driver put the car up on the flatbed.....but no dudes appeared.
I got to thinking about how odd this all is with the screws working out and all. Then I thought about the shots and wondered perhaps they'd been shooting earlier and a stray round took out my distributor?
No bullet holes though...
I'm pulling it tonight to send to MSD, they want to inspect it.
Word to the wise, when driving your classic hotrod that can be turned into 1000$ by a chop shop in a matter of hours;
Carry a gun.
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