67 vista cruise (long story)

[calik8]

A long, long time ago. In a land far, far away, We had a 1967 Vista
Cruiser that ran. Since that time an evil mist has covered the land.
I think I see in the distance a slight lifting of the heavy fog that
has blanketed our lives for, low, these many years. Okay-plain
english: My husband took the heads off to get them redone. And then
he became unable to put them back himself due an
unfortunate "connection" with some electricity at his job. After a
period of way too long, we made a bad choice in asking the local high
school auto shop to put the heads back on. The shop teacher said it
would be no problem. Quite a simple job actually, he said. and FREE
to boot! So the car was towed from the driveway to the school. Days
passed, weeks passed-you get the idea. Well they made a few mistakes,
like using the wrong bolts. That meant somehow getting those out and
re-threading (?) the bolt holes. (I am just the wife of the car, I
mean car OWNER, so I don't know what I am actually saying-but I hope
you all do!) They put a wee dent in the rear. They allowed a hoodlum
to carve his logo into the paint on the hood and write his name on
the dash. Can you believe it? A high school student smart enough to
write his very own name! Thank goodness for the Los Angeles Unified
School District! Well all of that was bad, so we rescued the car and
brought it home to sit in the drive for another way too long amount
of time. Finally-enough money to tow it to a reputable mechanic!!
TADA! he got it running! But that was how he found out about the real
trouble the school did. It might have been when they were tightening
those bolts down good and tight, or who the heck knows, but the block
is cracked. So I guess we are shopping for a motor now. This is going
to be the six million dollar car eventually! The towing alone has
probably cost more that it's worth, *sigh*. But DH really loves that
car, and I really love DH, so here we are, asking you all "where
should we start looking?"
Thanks
Kathy