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Common sense. Though frankly, I don't think it was ever all that common to begin with...
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Campfire Kahuna
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Thats actually still here. Or was before the switch to the "profit" blend...
I am MAGA.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Cars with left-hand-threaded nuts on one side.
Bruce True that, we have a torch cart made from an old Pontiac axel. I should tell Jake about that. You sure it is not a dodge axel Axle. 😏 Nazi
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Points, condensers and spark plugs. Did 100's of those in the day as a mechanic. They call the part's changers "technicians" these days. Most now, could not do an engine overhaul or valve job. They shop them out to a machinist.
I still own a dwell meter and timing light. LOL! I could still static time an engine, after an overhaul and have it start within 5 seconds. Long ago, in a place far far away, I owned a '54 Bel-Aire. Had to replace the distributor. No timing light or dwell meter. Got it in, got it running, timed it by ear. Drove a few miles to a family friend's garage. He put the light to it and said "Not bad, you're 2 degrees off" I do think I had a feeler gauge for the points, but I've done them with a matchbook cover. Which I'd guess is fitting in this thread as I hardly ever see a matchbook anymore, unless it's one I run across while digging through a tool box.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Points, condensers and spark plugs. Did 100's of those in the day as a mechanic. They call the part's changers "technicians" these days. Most now, could not do an engine overhaul or valve job. They shop them out to a machinist.
I still own a dwell meter and timing light. LOL! I could still static time an engine, after an overhaul and have it start within 5 seconds. It wasn't rocket science...
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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To many it's like alchemy.
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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Rotary telephone sets, typewriters, pencil sharpener, carbon paper, jello molds
For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."
2 Thessalonians 3:10
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Campfire Oracle
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Cars with left-hand-threaded nuts on one side.
Bruce True that, we have a torch cart made from an old Pontiac axel. I should tell Jake about that. You sure it is not a dodge axel Axle. 😏 Nazi And...?
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender
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Cars with left-hand-threaded nuts on one side.
Bruce True that, we have a torch cart made from an old Pontiac axel. I should tell Jake about that. You sure it is not a dodge axel Axle. 😏 Nazi And...? Axel, Axle, Axil, Axl, deys all meens da same fing, no?
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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Campfire Tracker
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Campfire 'Bwana
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The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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Common sense, work ethic. That's a big one!
Randy NRA Patriot Life Benefactor
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The Bill of Rights, and the Rest of the Constitution....
"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
“Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
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Campfire Kahuna
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Dimmer switches on the floor, 16” tires on 3/4 ton trucks with two doors & eight foot beds. And the starter on the floor. I think the key starter is a big improvement but the floor mounted dimmer was easy and simple to fix. You didn't have to dismantle the steering column to fix it.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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Campfire Kahuna
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My dad was a mechanic. For some years, he worked for a Dodge dealer. Dodge cars for a long time in the 50's had weak 3 spd transmissions and he kind of specialized in replacing them. He fabricated some special tools for it. He had all the tools and jacks on a special creeper. He would roll under the car and come out 20 min later with the job done. The book rate was 2 hrs and he got paid for that anyway. He made a lot of money doing it.
About those pull out choke knobs. He did a tune up for a lady. She was back a few days later and said the car wouldn't run right. Dad adjusted it again but never found a problem. A few days later she was back again with the same complaint. His boss told him to get it fixed. He went for a test drive with the lady and had her drive to figure out what she was talking about. After she started the car, she pulled out the choke knob and hung her purse on it.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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Campfire Oracle
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Cars with left-hand-threaded nuts on one side.
Bruce True that, we have a torch cart made from an old Pontiac axel. I should tell Jake about that. You sure it is not a dodge axel Axle. 😏 Nazi And...? Axel, Axle, Axil, Axl, deys all meens da same fing, no?
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender
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I do miss the vent windows in a truck.
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Any oldtimers have anything else? Okay...I will play this one. You won't get to see many of these laying around, particularly in Australia. And yes, they really are leather, not vinyl like most of the crap you see.
These are my opinions, feel free to disagree.
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Russ, I can't find a picture of the old air tubes they used at JC Penney, to send up to the clerk up in her booth to make change. There is a bank near by that still uses these. Same here.
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