Death of a /6

My first time experiencing a slow death of a /6 was in my bud's valiant. We had been out to several junk yards that day and on the way home #5 piston pin decided it didn't want to be in the dark anymore. The rod came out the side of the block way down low and promptly chipped away farther and farther up till we got pulled over. When we found out what the problem was we were still 20+ miles from home with no more $$. So since it still ran we decided to use the access hole in the block and cut the rod as close to the crank as we could get. The piston was still wedged in the cylinder and most of the oil was still in it so what the hell. We drove back home in a blender of a car but it made it. He wound up driving it like this for two months till he got another engine.

My second /6 death was in my 64 Dart Wagon. At approx 850,000 miles+ the valves beat themselves into the head in two cylinders but that was only due to unleaded fuel. It would probably still be running if we had leaded fuel, or had put in hardened seats.