Freakin' head gasket blew on my daughter's car

My moms 83 626 blew a head gasket too at about 117k. I replaced that (I was driving it at the time so it was on my watch dad said) when I was 17 in the garage. Head wasnt warped (just started chugging and blowing steam out the tailpipe) as it held fast until we sold it 5 years later. That was a pretty good car. We had an 80 before that. Nothing wrong with those cars. I remember cheating and taking the cam cog off the cam so I wouldnt have to take the timing belt lower end apart. worked!