Originally Posted by
Kevin Gerstenecker
Rich, speaking of working on our old cars..............my son, the mechanic, is 20 years old. He watched me rebuild a Holly 650 a year or so ago.............he was simply amazed that someone could actually DO that with all those little parts!
When I pulled out an old Ford Distributor and explained setting the points and messing with the advance springs.......he turned around and left. I heard him murmur as he walked away.............."No wonder you old guys ain't right." After I got up off the floor from laughing, I told him that the new mechanics are "soft". He has NO idea how good he has it..............heck, if I could plug in a diagnostic computer to the car and have it tell me what was wrong, I could fix it too!
Those young whipper snappers don't know what their missing. Ohhh I remember that well. I also had a Plymouth Duster with the slant 6 engine. The distributor was on the wrong side of the engine and a real ________ to get at. That car would not die. I gave it to my BIL in 85 and he drove it to 88 before it rusted out.
Rich
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