WELL THE STORY GOES LIKE THIS. HE NEEDED A CAR FOR WORK AND THE CAR HE HAD WAS IN VERY BAD SHAPE. IT NEEDED AN OVERHAUL BADLY.
MY BROTHER, KNOWING I LIKED TO WORK ON CARS SO HE ASKED ME IF I WOULD OVERHAUL IT IN MY SPARE TIME IF THEY GOT THE PARTS. I AGREED AND ABOUT A WEEK LATER WE GOT TOGETHER AND I EXPLAINED THAT IF THE FELLOW ACROSS THE STREET WOULD TEAR THE ENGINE DOWN AND GET THE RINGS AND BEARINGS AND THE PARTS NEEDED I WOULD COME OVER AND PUT IT TOGETHER.
WELL HE CALLED AND SAID EVERYTHING WAS READY SO OVER MY BROTHER AND I WENT. IT WASN'T THE BEST PLACE TO WORK ON A CAR AS THE GARAGE HAD A DIRT FLOOR THAT HAD BEEN THERE ABOUT FORTY YEARS AND WAS LIKE POWDER.,BUT THAT'S WHAT WE HAD TO WORK WITH. HE HAD TWO METAL DRUMS WITH THE PARTS HE HAD TAKEN FROM THE ENGINE COVERED WITH GASOLINE. HE HAD PULLED THE PISTONS AND RODS WITHOUT ANY REGARD FORM WHICH CYLINDER THEY HAD COME FROM. WE DID THE BEST WE COULD, PUTTING NEW RINGS AND BEARINGS TOGETHER, GOT THEM INTO THE ENGINE ALRIGHT AND THEN CAME THE VALVES. WE GROUND AND FITTED THE VALVES AND WE WERE READY TO INSERT THEM INTO THE BLOCK. I SLIPPED THE VALVE SPRINGS ON AND ASKED HIM FOR THE KEEPERS FOR THE VALVES. HE REPLIED THERE WASN'T ANY. NOW THIS IS AN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION VALVES,SPRINGS AND NO KEEPERS. I THEN ASKED HIM HOW HE REMOVED THE VALVES AND HE REPLIED THAT HE JUST PUT A BAR UNDER EACH VALVE PRESSED DOWN THEN LET GO. HE SAID IT TOOK AWHILE BUT THEY ALL POPPED OUT. WELL WE HAD TO SIFT ALL THE SAND THAT WAS UNDER THE CAR THRU A SCREEN TO FIND THEM. LUCK WAS WITH US BECAUSE WE FOUND ALL OF THEM.
IT TOOK A LOT OF SWEAT AND HARD WORK BUT WE MANAGED TO GET THE DARN THING RUNNING.
I NEVER WANT TO OVERHAUL A CAR UNDER THEM CONDITIONS AGAIN. THE MAN NEEDED HELP SO IT SEEMED WORTH THE EFFORT.
ABOUT A WEEK LATER MY BROTHER CAME TO ME AND SAID THAT HE WOULD NEVER ASK ME TO DO A THING LIKE THAT AGAIN. HE WAS SORRY THAT HE HAD EVEN ASK ME.
THEN CAME THE EXPLANATION, THIS FELLOW HAD DRIVEN DOWN TO A BAR FOR A DRINK AND AS USUAL WAS LOW ON DRINKING MONEY SO HE SOLD THE CAR FOR $25.00 TO SOMEONE IN THE BAR. AFTER ALL THAT WORK THE CAR WENT FOR A MEASLY $25.00..
WELL I GUESS THAT'S THE WAY LIFE GOES, HERE TODAY AND GONE TOMORROW........