^See folks, everything’s fine!

That is definitely a 10th-gen Civic. Not a 2016 Accord at all. I’m guessing they were just quoting their source? Either way, you’d think a car blog would know how to tell the difference between an Accord and a Civic, especially given how popular those two cars are anyway.

One might expect a car blog to know the difference...

Fitting that this posted in October, lol

Ryan, some things in here don’t react well to bullets.

Magnetohydrodynamic propulsion.  You follow?  It’s like a jet engine for the water.

you will receive the Order of Lenin for this. 

Russia tried that but found out is was too easily sabotaged by “a Goddammed COOK!!”

yeah, but does it have a caterpillar drive?

Have you tried Ford rear end friction modifier? It’s like gear lube times 10!

“Shocking.”

You saw the rotted Toyota post too, huh?
:D

Exactly. Though, we are talking about David Tracy so anything emotionally attached to a vehicle is a complete crapshoot. On the plus side, his unhealthy attraction to all things Jeep could have been all things Tatra and these articles could have been about rear-mounted, air cooled, hemi V8s from behind the Iron Curtain…

That’s fair.

This story misses the most important part, though: what code was the car throwing?

I get the feeling. I’d just rebuild it after the other V8 you pick up. If you really, really care about that block, then rebuilding two and just swapping whenever convenient will be easier on your life than having yet another full on project car. Swapping completely rebuilt engines isn’t too bad. Sell the rebuilt V8…

Numbers-matching isn’t a thing with AMC. They didn’t serialize the engines with the VIN. They are cast with the displacement on the side of the block, and a metal tag attached to the valve cover with the date code and configuration (2bbl, 4bbl, 304\360\390\etc).

Is numbers matching something that is really relevant on something like this? Trying to keep it THAT original?? I’ll feel the same way if I ever get to the point of having to rebuilt the motor in my cruiser.

Put it back together with just the necessary servicing and work on another V8 in the meantime. It won’t be undrivable and the spare V8 will be a much more manageable project than a whole truck sitting in your driveway with 75% of its innards strewn every which way. Those AMC V8s aren’t exactly worth their weight in…