Boy, I feel more and more naive the deeper I get into this car. BUT I can guarantee it'll never happen again. Somebody just rattle canned this sucker (most likely as it sat in the engine compartment). Just sad. View attachment 1715392284
The good thing is I do not see any mineral deposits on the pump, and it looks fairly new.
I had my first car, gave to me by my grandfather, 65 coronet, froze my butt off in it the first winter. Actually put a small kerosene heater in the back seat to at least keep the windows de-fogged, yup young and dumb.
As soon as spring hit, it over-heated, all the impeller blades had rusted off the water pump.