It is alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good ol Craigslist... It can be great, but because of my human curiosities it can be an addiction. Somewhere in the time when I bought the 383 for Rusty, I always had the other side of my mind, along with my father, to find that 440 to fill the hole. Well thanks to Craiglist I found a running 440 from a 1970 Continental Motorhome. Now that it is sitting in my garage I can sum up the last couple weeks with one word.... whew...
1970 Continental Motorhome running 440 $300 This is the listing that caught my eye. Too good to be true I thought. AND it almost was. So after making contact with the guy I got my dad to drive the 76 mile trip to the Monster. The Monster was not attractive by any means. I just wanted the treasure in the middle... The first thing that was mentioned was how the brakes were not the greatest. Lovely... Soooo, after trying two batteries the thing fired up. It ran for a couple minutes, but without much gas we turned it off. That was the first mistake. Time- roughly 5:00. Once I turned over the money and transfered the title we went back out to the Monster. She wouldn't crank. Battery was dead. Hooked it up to the charger, went to get some gas, came back, checked out a couple Cuda's the guy had sitting out back, tried to start it again, nothing... Time- 6:00. We tried the old battery and she started thankfully, but now we are racing the sun. Did I mention the Monster didn't have any lights AT ALL on it!?
We put some air in the tires and I was off. At this point, 30 seconds into it I was scared to death. I also failed to noticed my dad running after me. Right before I get on the highway I notice my phone blarring. It seems I had my dad's keys in my pocket. Luckily the guy gave him a lift to catch me. Time- roughly 7:00.
The drive home was entertaining for those passing me. People looking at me like I'm crazy. They must have seen the water raining on me from the open roof... I made it about 40 miles before dark. We pulled off in Dexter, about 30 minutes away. Not bad for now, one cop scare, luckily he was busy with someone else... I was still shaking when I got home knowing I had to drive that thing 30 more miles..
to be continued
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