Just got my 69 Dodge Dart up and running after 5 years of sitting outside. Fixed a couple of electrical glitches, New battery, changed the oil and antifreeze, put in fresh gas and it actually ran pretty good on it's own. Tried it back and forth in the driveway and transmission and brakes were doing good. Now to take it on the road. Renewed the registration and away I went. The engine is a 440 big block so I had to hit the highway. Plenty of power and torque. I was having a little too much fun. On the way home the temp gauge started to rise rather quickly. Good thing I was close to home. My son and I pushed it back in the driveway. I popped the hood and it threw the fan belt. No fan and no water pump makes it get hot very quickly. On my way to get another belt.
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