I might be forced to sell my pride and joy.

[Slow Build]

Thanks Rene I'll keep that in mind.

On another note but the same note, when it rains it pours. It looks like I will have to keep my 64 and use it as a DD. My wife's Acura has just been diagnosed as needeing a new transmission so the only way I see us surviving this is to fix the Tahoe fast and have her drive that until we get enough money to get her another car. If we didn't have bad luck we would have no luck at all. She is supposed to start a new job next week that is about a 40 mile commute each way.

I'm going to go throw up now.

[64fleetside]

Find that cheap turd on craigslist-I got by a few yrs ago w/a 15 y/o Toyota corolla for cheap.

[jbon64]

^^^^^^^^^^
excellent advice above . i bought my girlfriend a 97 blazer that needed a manifold gasket for 800$ . fixed the leaky gasket and have done the usual maintenance on it and it's been a good reliable car for the last 8 years.

hope you get things worked out .

[ChiefRocka]

The "beater Corolla" .... Ive had quite a few....

They seem to run forever.

Hope it gets better really quick !
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[spacedebris]

mine was a celica rather than a corolla but yeah, those old toyota's never seem to quit. I paid 500 for a 79 (back in 93), put over 200 miles a day 6 days a week on it and never did more than normal maint. (oil, spark plugs, tires) for over 3 years. Called it the "roach". Ugly as hell, not a straight panel anywhere on the car, rust holes you could throw a water mellon through, but you couldnt kill the damn thing. Nearly 200k miles later (380k total on the car) sold it to a buddy for $700. Kick myself everytime I think about it. Nothing like a good beater.

[Slow Build]

I may be able to turn this from a lose-lose situation to a lose-win one. I found a motor that has a lot of stuff still attached to it (computer, O2 sensors, ect...) that looks pretty clean. I'm thinking I'll drop that into the Tahoe and take the Tahoe motor and throw new head gaskets on it and put that in my 64. Since it's not my DD I can take a chance that it will hold together for a while and if it doesn't I can deal with that later.

[Dino Driver]

I was thinking about telling you that very thing. It worth checking out.
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[Slow Build]

I think the motor with all the goodies is a 4.8 liter, bummer. The idea is still the same but I may have to buy the extras at a different dismantler.