Speedycop, myself, and a few others disassembled the completely-fried transmission in the '63 Thunderbird we raced at Gingerman in 2010 at trackside, so we could weld it up into a single-speed. Long story, but needless to say, that 50-year old Ford ATF that had been completely smoked and was blacker than roofing tar was the worst thing that any of the five of us, with a combined nearly 200 years of experience working on not-new cars, had ever smelled.
It was so bad we actually threw away the clothes we were wearing while working on it, because it would not come out.
Official photographer/Team Police Brutality|Speedycop & the Gang
Lackey-mechanic-whatever/NSF Racing
Sycophant/Judge Phil, Jay Lamm, Kim Harmon
Galaxie Driver/not Parnelli Jones