Dan Many moons ago when I was in H.S. my dad got a '50 Pont from a place called San Diego Sports & Imports. He said that since it was not a Chrysler product it needed to be repaired more often any ole way. My non machanic dad and I did a "poor man's over-haul" that summer ( Poway, Calif ). The car lasted through me, to my brother Dennis and half way through Phillip. And me, I still talk about how my parents bought a car in order to keep me off the shores of La Jolla. Go fix the car with your son... Rodger & Gabby Colo Spgs