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Low Oil
If you are burning or leaking oil at a slow enough rate that there are no obvious signs (black smoke out the exhaust or spots in under the car after parked) and you do not check the oil frequently - oil level gets low, does not cool the engine effectively, the radiator and water pump have to carry more load than designed for - and before ya know it your '67 LeMans blows a hose on the highway half way from Mount Pleasant Michigan to East Lansing. Just hope you are lucky enough to have a guy in a 66 and a half Camaro see everything and stop to help you, drive you to the next exit and find an autoparts store with the necessary parts in stock and take you back to your stricken vehicle.
Or - having someone rebuild the Tri-Power Carbs in your '64 GTO and not have the thick rubber gasket that goes between the manifold and the top of the timing chain cover and use silicone instead - only to have the silicone fail somewhere near White Plains New York while on your way from Cleveland, Ohio to Amherst, Mass. Just hope you are lucky enough to have a friend whose dad owns a rental property about 3 miles away who happens to work at a service station and helps you take the car apart enough to fix the problem and that there is an auto-parts store around the corner that has the correct gasket kit in stock. Just be careful you don't put a pin hole in the radiator in the process.
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