Don't laugh!!!! I bought a 1971 or 72 Chev. station wagon back in about '74. It had the latest edition of the 396, a 401 as I remember, big block. Had the Quadrajet carb. The Dallas dealer had 3 of the them on the lot, all with the fake woodie sides. I just had to have one as my families requirements demanded one.....so I thought. I drove all 3 and picked out the one that ran the best.
I had it back at the dealer's in an attempt to get it to run right as I wasn't familiar with that vehicle mechanically. So I go into the service shop with the car and it gets routed to the mechanic. He decides that the Q is faulty and decides to give it a good cleaning. I'm watching, sitting on a stool. Over time I have some questions I needed to ask him and start in on them.
Somewhere around the second or third, me sitting on the stool somewhat adjacent to him working on the carb, I ask him yet another performance related question for that vehicle. He sets down his tools, takes a rag and wipes his hand, reaches over and drags his stool toward me, sits down facing me, hands clasped in front of him and in short charges me the going hourly rate to sit and answer my questions while the carb. sits on the work bench........shut me up pretty fast.
I think that engine was a victim of the latest upsurge in emissions regulations that choked the engine down where it just wouldn't run . Had that thing for a number of years and finally one of my young son's sent it to it's grave.
Have seen that sign before and it is sobering!!!!!!!
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