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Oh yes...lack of chrome today
For those who still have a car with some chrome a simple cleaning product is still on the MKT and in your fridge called Coca Cola. Pour a little in a small container...dip in 0000 fine steel wool and wipe lightly then rinse off with garden hose. Learned this off a VW forum and it works on some rust also. Another chromecleaner I have is a spray bottle of whitewall cleaner...spray on and hose off..no water spots.
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You are probably right. I know I sure missed them when I was smoking.
Never fail... you flick you cig out the vent.. and it would cart wheel and land on the felt weather strip base of the widow.. if you crank the window down.. or.. you would miss the vent and drop it on the floor.. ... those vents so handy...just enough air..
Never fail... you flick you cig out the vent.. and it would cart wheel and land on the felt weather strip base of the widow.. if you crank the window down.. or.. you would miss the vent and drop it on the floor.. ... those vents so handy...just enough air..
Hadn't thought of that for years but you described it perfectly.
Hadn't thought of that for years but you described it perfectly.
You know your having a bad day heading to work... when the cigarette does the cart wheel thing.. and you spill your coffee in your lap... ( this is before travel mugs and cup holders ) and your coffee mug is your little girls craft made... the one she made you for fathers day.. so you light up another cigarette.. waiting for the lighter to "POP" out.. suck in the smoke and life is grand again.. and as you pull the cig away.. it sticks to your lip and your fingers pull off that glowing ember.. you watch it fall to the floor as your watching the road...
I'm so old I remember... the 4 way lug wrench.. the one you could really use. Remember the " Clank " when throwing a lug nut into a real " Metal Hub Cap" .. and no scissor jack in those days.. It was the 40 pound bumper jack... J shaped that fit in the slot under the REAL Chrome Metal Bumper.. and flip the switch for " UP " or "DOWN" and .. Jack.. took some effort.. just make sure the vehicle did not go side ways on you..very scary when it would start to lean.. Now move to two large 40 pound bags of rock salt or sand out of your way.. along with the jumper cables and tire chains and the snow brush.. and now lift the panel up and reach over and down and pull that 1 ton REAL spare tire out and out of the well.. hoist it over the edge of the trunk.. full size tire.. NOT a P15/234 it was a 15x10 white wall Good Year with a very heavy steel rim.. rusty but steel. Time for another Chesterfield... wheeze.... cough...
Last edited by TN Tin Man; 04-30-2017 at 07:46 PM..
Great story, Tin Man. I still spin a 4-way lug wrench whenever I have a flat. AAA takes about 45 minutes to arrive in our area, so there is no need to call them when it takes about 10 minutes to change a flat.
I remember that our spare tires weren't very good; actually, they were pretty bad, just the best one of the last 4 bald tires you replaced. After you put on the spare you had 3 really nice looking tires and one old, bald, dirty, ugly, tire. Those retreads did look nice, until the cap separated and whacked the bejesus out of your fender.
Great story, Tin Man. I still spin a 4-way lug wrench whenever I have a flat. AAA takes about 45 minutes to arrive in our area, so there is no need to call them when it takes about 10 minutes to change a flat.
I remember that our spare tires weren't very good; actually, they were pretty bad, just the best one of the last 4 bald tires you replaced. After you put on the spare you had 3 really nice looking tires and one old, bald, dirty, ugly, tire. Those retreads did look nice, until the cap separated and whacked the bejesus out of your fender.
Forgot about those recaps... JC Whitney had a hot tool for putting new grooves in the tire.. once you hit the Rayon Cord.. you were done.
I remember when they signed the truce for the Korean Conflict
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They really do all look the same these days.
or.. you would miss the vent and drop it on the floor.. 
