They dont make them like this any more
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I remember watching the video about her last year. Is it a stick? No mention of suspension bushings/trunions/kingpins/balljoints anything like that, same with the rear end, transmission, actually I don't know if they said anything about the motor either! Some people rack up huge miles on old pushrod engines. Obviously factoring in a mild wimpy cam profile to be fair, can a non-roller cam really go a couple hundred thou? I can't help but have a knee-jerk reaction to driving a muscle car or say my '38 Buick real far because I feel like the cam would wear while everything else still has plenty of life in it.
Also Carm, something my diesel-mechanic friend mentioned to me, the government, so he says (I don't remember reading this anywhere but I'd assume down the hierarchy of his employer he heard this) now mandates emission control systems must be warrantied for 100k. And thus, things like dumping fuel/burning excess oil will destroy or render the cat useless, so they have had to step up engine durability and thus offer these "100k Powertrain Warranty" campaigns. Never woulda thought of that.