Death of a /6

I did kill one without draining the fluids. It was an 81 Newport. big heavy sled and I think it had tranny problems. The engine always sounded like it was turnign too high of an rpm. I threw a rod about 75 miles from home. I drove it at highway speed home but had problems getting it up the hill. I lived in Duluth MN and it was a 400 foot climb up a steep hill home. I junked it the next week.