Sad, Sad story....

[Purs]

I'm so bummed right now I can hardly type. I've been away for awhile with other projects but thought I was fixing to be a classic chevy truck owner again soon.... I was planning on picking my new blazer on Monday but it's not looking good now. I took my '69 SS Chevelle down to the local car wash cause a guy was coming to look at it to buy it and on the way home it hiccupped, then died. Well, I coasted into a friends house who is gearhead and we began troubleshooting. To make a long sad story short, the engine somehow filled with water. So far, I've only found 1 spark plug that had a bent strap. The intake pushrod on that same cylinder was slightly bent but the exhaust pushrod was fine. No valves dropped either... Hmmm. I'll crawl under it tomorrow and see if I can turn it with a flywheel wrench. I don't see any way around the engine having to come out and being gone through....
I'm glad it happened now and not a week or two from now with a new owner...

What does this all mean??????? well, if the money I was going to spend on the blazer is being spent on rebuilding this engine then it means NO BLAZER FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so freakin' bummed!

sorry, I just had to vent some frustration. I was so looking forward to a blazer....