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Well, she got me. I went and got the Vortec 350 Curt and I will be rebuilding for his '74, and this afternoon while tearing it down for it's trip to the machine shop I got bit.
I was removing the flywheel while the motor was bolted to an engine stand and the wrench slipped off and my hand hit the edge of the block.
Since then my hand has swelled up like a softball. I'm pretty much typing one handed. I think I bruised the bones and tendons underneath. I hung in there, washed it up, and got the short block all torn down.
My dad was jacking up the back end of his 76 Camaro back in the day, and he was on one knee right behind the back bumper. The jack gave out and the full weight of the car fell on his knee, shattering his ankle and seriously messing up his knee. I'd take a bite mark over broken bones anyday.
Ever been laying under your car with your arm fully extended trying to reach the impossable bolt, then BAM, you just droped a 1/2" drive wratchet on your eye?
Designer Imagines A Corvette That Looks More Like a Corvette Than the Corvette
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