@streakmachine I used to have a Ford Cortina (1978 model) It suffered no top end damage when the timing belt let go one time. I was on my way home from a fishing trip with a social group I'd not been with for very long. I was stuck in a town where I knew some people but none were at home.
In desperation I phoned a fellow who lived in the next town along the highway, not even knowing what his job was.
Turned out he was a mechanic & his workshop was within 500m of my breakdown location!
I took his spare V8-powered pickup* home that night & we exchanged vehicles three days later.
*It was a typical mechanic's truck: rusty, dented, the bonnet wouldn't shut properly because of a dodgy hinge.