Dan, so sorry to hear about the trek going sideways on you.  Most unfortunate to say the least.  Hopefully there is some recovery of dollars that can be made to lessen the sting.

It's so sad because things were going just fine.  Especially the air conditioning.  A/C helps the engine in hot weather because it kicks in the extra fan.  These systems usually need help in older cars, so I had it made.  Like I said, though, I suspect a mechanic along the car's way heard that crack! sound while he "moved" the tool or the arm just that extra 1/4" and didn't think much about it.  Here are the photos of where the car "lost its soul".  Pretty area, but not at 109 degrees on the shoulder of the road.

It looks so forlorn. So is that its final resting place?

Maybe this one will lift your spirits!

No!  That was my view of it from the hotel window BEFORE the trip began!  The car made it 190 miles before that bracket arm broke.  The buyer left it behind at a car repair shop in Florida.  Our intent is that somebody will take it on, but we have been told that the head gasket repair goes for about $3000 in that neighborhood.