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There is no fault with this. It was just time. Vintage autos have problems not seen on newer vehicles. Remember most of the engine and driveline components are 50 + yrs old. The fact that they been in service this long is a testament to the engineering and manufacturing process of long ago...

A few years back I had a rod let go on my alfa romeo. I rebuilt the engine and had a machine shop check the condition of the rods. That said, after so many yrs of service any rod will be suspect. You can only bend a piece of metal so many times before it breaks. Just recently rebuilt my...

My 1970 nova with a 307 had problems when lead was removed from gasoline. A valve job would only last about 20k miles. Valve recession was the problem. Switched to 1975 chevy 305 heads with stelite seats. Problem solved. I add ZDDP to my crankcase with every oil change. I too have heard that...

One more thought. I have a 2001 beetle with 1.8T with 340000 miles. engine never been apart. For 200000 miles used 10 w 40 synthetic oil. Switched to 20 w 50 (not synthetic) for the last 140000 miles. Still runs great. If it blows up tomorrow it owes me nothing.

My 58 alfa giulietta was spec with straight 40 wt, ( 30 wt winter) prior to any wide usage of multi wt. Oil. Today I use 20w 50 oil with no problems. Again use the same 20 w50 in my cosworth vega. Again with no problems. Add ZDDP because vintage cars with flat tappets need the zinc. (Zinc was...

Menards has this as well.

I switched to 20 w 50 a long time ago and it also appears to being phased out. I still can find 15x40 (diesel and vintage auto application listed on the label.) Inportant to make sure it has enough zinc for vintage autos (ZDDP)

The gear reduction starter never gave me a problem. The bendix on the original mopar starter was nothing but a problem for both the 1971 chrysler and 1986 dodge truck. I rebuilt the original mopar starter many times. For the most part it was solid. The bendix was junk.

Had a quite a few starter problems, with both my 1971 chrysler and 1986 ram charger. Always turned out to be the bendix. With the truck it got to the point where I carried a spare starter and replace the bendix on the bad starter and then kept it as a spare. The bendix has two nylon ears that...