Re: 56 400 loss of power

Posted by Michael C Wauhop On 2019/2/28 23:57:09

Sounds like engine rebuild time to me. I can offer sympathy I was driving my 1955 400 on the pennsylvania turnpike in 2005 now admittedly I am a bit of a leadfoot and was doing about 70 mph then I heard this bang and saw clouds of black smoke coming from the tailpipes. I pulled to the side of the road and called triple A then I saw that awful sight antifreeze coming out of the exhaust pipe. Later when I took it to the shop that rebuilt the engine the rebuilder says so Mike how many miles did the owner tell you this car had on it? I said 89K he said add about 200K to that figure. I must admit however he did a great job of rebuilding it the engine, recored radiator for less than $5000 including parts and labor.