I had a 1985 Ford Escort. Oh my, what a piece of junk. We put three carburators on it in the year and a half we owned it. One day the entire exhaust system, muffler, pipes and all, fell completely off the car while I was driving down the street. After that, we had to drive with the windows open all the time or we would die from exhaust fumes. Not fun ... but we were starving college students, what could we do?