From: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 30 Mar 2016, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.folklore.urban, in article   
   , Thomas Prufer wrote:   
      
   >J.C. Whitney! The catalog of my youth! Everything in it, printed on   
   >cheapest newsprint, and the whole thing like the back mail-order pages   
   >of a comic book, only with more motor oil:   
      
   That's certainly one way of putting it  ;-)   
      
   >skull-shaped door lock buttons, Beetle camshafts for increased   
   >performance, gas-mileage-increasing carb magnets,   
      
   The gas-mileage-increasing magnets I remember clipped on the gas line   
   to the carb   
      
   >drill-driven oil pumps to change the oil via the dipstick tube,   
      
   That we did the old-fashioned way - a family friend had a garage with   
   an pit in the center of the space.   
      
   >all kinds of neat-o stuff.   
      
   The one I remember best was the small insert that was placed between   
   the carb(s) and intake manifold that was about 3/4 inch / 20 mm thick   
   and contained a free-wheeling turbine wheel to "better mix" the air   
   and gas mixture.  Increase the engine power by SUPERCHARGING your   
   engine.   There were also the fancy spark-plugs - fire injectors or   
   something like that.   
      
   >I ordered, so they probably still send three catalogs simultaneously to   
   >that address...   
      
   Both brother-in-laws were constantly telling me I didn't need to buy   
   that stuff - and I'd need the money I saved to make the car-payments   
   (a third of my paycheck) and state mandated insurance cost (under 25   
   with a muscle-car... how about another sixth of my wages).   
      
   >And Edmund Scientific, back when they still sold fun and cheap things...   
      
   That, and Allied Radio - what coins I had left after the car, food and   
   rent didn't buy much.   
      
   >I had an AMC Pacer, and in no way was that in any way, shape or form a   
   >"racer".   
      
   I must admit I never understood the rational behind that car   
      
   >It did have no aircon, in Warshington DC, which made for interesting   
   >summer experiments in solar energy uptake.   
      
   I think it was 1976 before I got a car with air - the second car I   
   owned was a Merc 250-SL, and you could take the top off that and run   
   it as a rag-top.   
      
           Old guy   
      
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