Anybody else ever experience this?

[Don_Lightfoot]

Was talking with a friend recently about a 68 L78 Camaro and this refreshed an item in my memory. About ten years ago there was a guy in our area who owned a Black 68 L78 Camaro hardtop. He purchased the car new in Montreal. He brought the car into my resto guy’s shop and had the engine shipped out to a local shop for breakdown and refresh. I think the mileage at that time was under 30K. The word came back from the engine shop that the car did not have a solid lifter setup. As mentioned, the owner bought it new and, according to him, the engine had never been messed with up until this time. He has long since moved away and I believe he sold the car before moving.

Anyone ever hear of a similar circumstance or did this just become a “fish story” by the time it was relayed to me

[mockingbird812]

Don, do you know if it had the correct "solid lifter" (4 bolt main) block?

[Don_Lightfoot]

Good question Sam. I am unfortunately not able to answer that.

[Bill Pritchard]

I've certainly never heard of any similar stories. If the original owner had the car for 30 years and 30K miles of driving, and it was indeed an L78, you would think he would have had to adjust the lifters a few times. If he was the type of car owner who was truly clueless as to whether the car had solid or hydraulic lifters, you would not expect that type of owner to hang on to a car for that length of time. My guess is it's another case of people somewhere along the line never letting the facts get in the way of a good story

[69L34M20]

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If he was the type of car owner who was truly clueless as to whether the car had solid or hydraulic lifters, you would not expect that type of owner to hang on to a car for that length of time.

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I am going to say I disagree with this comment. I do not think a car guy by definition is someone whom is mechanically inclined....