Tom Bedenbaugh
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Here's how the story goes. A customer found a very clean rust free original 74 Midget wit 67,000 miles on it for $2500. He agrees to buy it. The people for what ever reason towed it on a dolly for 15 miles or so. Not a problem if you have some brains. They put it in first and drove it up on the dolly. Tied it down and off they went. The only problem was they left it in first gear. A Midget motor would be turninig over 12,000 RPM at 55 MPH in first. The end results was serious valve float. Damage, one broken rocker, one blown out lifter, and a spun rod bearing. He ended up giving them $1,000 for the car and is going to give me $2,500 to overhaul the engine. Now I don't think that will ever be beat as to the Ultimate DPO.
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