MY BROTHER AND HIS FIRST CAR

(Copyright 1990-1996 John A. Clack)

THIS SHORT TALE IS ABOUT THE SAME GREAT GUY, MY BROTHER. WHEN HE GOT A LITTLE OLDER AND SAVED HIS MONEY. HE BOUGHT A 1930 MODEL A FORD. NOW MY BROTHER WAS GREAT AT SPORTS AND BOXING BUT HIS CAR KNOWLEDGE WAS LIMITED. I WAS A MIGHT BETTER AT CAR REPAIR AND ONE THING ABOUT THE MODEL A OR AT LEAST THIS ONE, THE TIMING WOULD GO OUT OFTEN.

NOW ON THIS MODEL THE METHOD OF TIMING WAS VERY EASY TO SET. ON THE TIMING GEAR HOUSINGS THERE WAS A SIX SIDED NUT WITH A NIPPLE ABOUT ONE INCH LONG. THE WAY TO TIME THE CAR WAS AS FOLLOWS..REMOVE THE NUT, TURN IT AROUND AND PLACE IT IN THE HOLE YOU HAD JUST REMOVED IT. THEN SLOWLY PRESS IN ON IT AS YOU TURNED THE CRANK UNTIL THE HEAD OF THE NIPPLE FELL IN. OF COURSE YOU HAD TO MAKE SURE THE POINTS OPENED ON NUMBER ONE CYLINDER. THATS ALL THERE WAS TO. VERY EASY...

I TAUGHT MY BROTHER THIS METHOD OF TIMING AND FROM THAT DAY ON NO MATTER WHETHER THE CAR WAS OUT OF GAS OR IF ANYTHING STOPPED THE CAR HE WOULD GET OUT AND TIME THE DAMM THING.

AFTER THIS MY BROTHER WAS AN EXPERT AT THIS PROCEDURE. I MIGHT EVEN SAY HE WAS AN SUPER EXPERT...

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