In 2003 i thought that my first head gasket was blown while cruising down the coast. I have since found out the points were loose when I over rev'd it in a downshift making the timing fly out the window.
I was clueless & began pulling off the head by undoing the bolts in the wrong order & stripping the last bolt. I had to move house & couldn't afford to fixed her so she was towed away. LA Lancer.

I hate tow trucks.

I bought a 79 323 that had been left sitting for a while. Drove her down the coast on new years & over rev'd again. Then overheated. I had three days off from my new job luckily & fixed it.

a year later. over rev'd again. examined head gasket. fine. points. needed cleaning & gapping.

different car. commodore 3.8 v6. broke a heater connection. cooked the intake manifold & blew a hole in the radiator. took me two weeks to fix inc gbox. Then drove 2,300km in 3 days.

Patina, my midget has been sitting. I wont over rev her.