Shooter13
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AAABumper jacks.....whatever happened to bumper jacks?

AAABumper jacks.....whatever happened to bumper jacks?
I remember Burma Shave>>>but was too young to use it. However, I did use Vitalis! A friend of mine used Brylcream... Wasn't called "Vitalis V/S or 5?" or some such moniker?May have missed this in fourteen pages but you know you're old when you remember before going to school or on a date, you loaded up your hair with Brylcreem or Vitalis. View attachment 1131403 Or you remember the successive Burma Shave signs along the road.
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May have missed this in fourteen pages but you know you're old when you remember before going to school or on a date, you loaded up your hair with Brylcreem or Vitalis. View attachment 1131403 Or you remember the successive Burma Shave signs along the road.
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I remember Burma Shave>>>but was too young to use it. However, I did use Vitalis! A friend of mine used Brylcream... Wasn't called "Vitalis V/S or 5?" or some such moniker?
I degreased my engine one time. After hosing it down, the car wouldn’t start. I found the little metal door on distributor cap was open. It took a while with the blow nozzle to get it dried out. Learning experience!How about engine tuneups? Points, plugs, condenser, rotor, cap and don't forget the timing light and dwell meter and God help you if you had to remove the distributor and then get the gear back in the right spot.
How about engine tuneups? Points, plugs, condenser, rotor, cap and don't forget the timing light and dwell meter and God help you if you had to remove the distributor and then get the gear back in the right spot.
I have never been mechanically inclined, especially working on engines. I had an '85 Delta 88 Royal. I decided to tune it myself. I bought all the periphery that you have listed above. After nearly 8 hours I finally got the plugs changed! I decided to hire out the rest! T-Rust me, I am NO mechanic! LOL!!!How about engine tuneups? Points, plugs, condenser, rotor, cap and don't forget the timing light and dwell meter and God help you if you had to remove the distributor and then get the gear back in the right spot.
There is one in Fond du Lac, WI.FYI... There is still an A&W drive-up stand in Middlebury Vermont... Maybe the last one in the US!!
You go back a few years when you pull in there...
PS: The prices are not the same as the 60's.
Steve Nicholas
If the points were closed and you left the key on/engine off, the points would weld together. MikeHow about engine tuneups? Points, plugs, condenser, rotor, cap and don't forget the timing light and dwell meter and God help you if you had to remove the distributor and then get the gear back in the right spot.
When I was young, it was fix it or walk. And I hate walking! No money to pay anyone and I felt lucky just to be able to get a few parts. Usually I just cleaned what was there and put them back in.I have never been mechanically inclined, especially working on engines. I had an '85 Delta 88 Royal. I decided to tune it myself. I bought all the periphery that you have listed above. After nearly 8 hours I finally got the plugs changed! I decided to hire out the rest! T-Rust me, I am NO mechanic! LOL!!!
Did you ever charge up a condenser and toss it to someone to catch?How about engine tuneups? Points, plugs, condenser, rotor, cap and don't forget the timing light and dwell meter and God help you if you had to remove the distributor and then get the gear back in the right spot.
I've still got all that stuff, plus compression gage and still have to use it on the first new car I ever bought. 1980 Mazda GLC Sport. Kinda fun to actually work on your own chit. Over the the years I have put in three crate motors, finally got a good one for $250 about 10 years ago. Dropped off on my garage floor. Runs like a top. It's my spare beater. Then you open the hood of one of today's vehicles and go, ain't this a beeatch, gotta pay to have someone to do what should be easy for you to do.How about engine tuneups? Points, plugs, condenser, rotor, cap and don't forget the timing light and dwell meter and God help you if you had to remove the distributor and then get the gear back in the right spot.