I had a '61 Rambler American (summer of '72) that we couldn't kill, ran it without oil, emptied the radiator, it kept running like the energizer bunny...finally put a cement block on the gas pedal and let it go over a cliff into a gravel pit. It did not explode though...
BTW I bought 2 of them for $50.00 back then, one to drive and the other for parts, and they were convertibles.
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Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ...."WOW! What a ride!!!!!"
LUNCH with THEOLDMAN...On a break for now...