Actually I just got back in from playing with the car. It could most definatly be worse

I got the car up, and the starter out in about 10 minutes, the only pain was getting to the top bolt around the headers. Turns out the flexplate and starter teeth were ok, but it had stripped gearing etc on the shaft that the starter gear sits on, so the starter was spinning, but it wasnt turning the gear, just freewheeling.
Oh well, same net result. I'm off to the store tommorow to replace it .
BTW, has anyone else seen this: when I dropped the car, the springs on one side didnt seem to want to compress again, so it was sitting a bit higher on the right.

Would the springs being old cause that? I'll look again tommorow and see if its settled,.
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