Clutch problems
AND NOW another annoying story from the old days. An ETR-2 going to advanced "B" school at Treasure Island, while I was going to ET-"A" school, and I became friends. This is the guy who would later own, and then sell me, a 70 440-6 RR
But before the "Mopar years" he had a 65 Chevelle. This was fall of 68. He had bought a low miles wrecked 67 Camaro, and stuck the 350, the Muncie, and the Ralleye wheels onto the Chevelle. We broke the 10 bolt rear once, it ate a cam, and ended up with the "infamous" 350hp 327 cam.
One afternoon we got onto the Oakland/ Frisco Bay bridge off TI headed for SF. he went screaming down the freeway, wound it up in 1st and hammered 2nd. This was a 336 rear. All hell broke loose. We coasted part way into a pull off area and the rear locked up, and skidded the rest of the way off the bridge.
Later, after replacing the rear axle, we are cleaning up tools, all ready to "go." Got in, started it up, IT WILL NOT MOVE. The shock of the rear axle breaking had snapped the input shaft off the transmission clean as can be!!!
This was in 1968, and I don't remember how many grooves the input shaft of his had, but it snapped off clean right at a groove
AND NOW another annoying story from the old days. An ETR-2 going to advanced "B" school at Treasure Island, while I was going to ET-"A" school, and I became friends. This is the guy who would later own, and then sell me, a 70 440-6 RR
But before the "Mopar years" he had a 65 Chevelle. This was fall of 68. He had bought a low miles wrecked 67 Camaro, and stuck the 350, the Muncie, and the Ralleye wheels onto the Chevelle. We broke the 10 bolt rear once, it ate a cam, and ended up with the "infamous" 350hp 327 cam.
One afternoon we got onto the Oakland/ Frisco Bay bridge off TI headed for SF. he went screaming down the freeway, wound it up in 1st and hammered 2nd. This was a 336 rear. All hell broke loose. We coasted part way into a pull off area and the rear locked up, and skidded the rest of the way off the bridge.
Later, after replacing the rear axle, we are cleaning up tools, all ready to "go." Got in, started it up, IT WILL NOT MOVE. The shock of the rear axle breaking had snapped the input shaft off the transmission clean as can be!!!
This was in 1968, and I don't remember how many grooves the input shaft of his had, but it snapped off clean right at a groove
