Day One, Engine Compartment

The classic family-sedan mill:  A 200,000-mile 195-horse 283 Chevy V8, complete with 2-barrel carb, non-functional air conditioning (probably died while LBJ was still in office), and bad oil rings.  Still, it always started and managed to get the car going to 80 or so.  The 283 was clearly not long for this world, but I was already making plans for The New Engine.