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My Engine Blew Up!

I’ve mentioned before about my first car.   It was a 1979 Cutlass Oldsmobile.   We once fit nine people in it.   I do believe the periscope attachment came with a separate kit that I never received (insert sarcasm here).   All in all it was the perfect car to learn how to drive in.   I think I had a dent in it (some minor and some not so much) for every week I drove those few years I had the car.   Rocko (Its name) was a car of first car stories, which live in infamy within my family lore. This story is one that I will probably never live down, though I’ve tried.   I’m guessing I’d only been driving about a year.   My parents were super awesome to bless me with the car, and every time I turned around it seemed that someone was checking the oil.   I didn’t know how to check oil, so I just assumed that all would be fine.   Until that fateful day when I drove the tank back from town and I saw smoke coming out of the engine, it nev...