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|  Message 1496  |
|  TOM WALKER to ROY WITT  |
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|  18 Dec 12 09:11:00  |
 RW>And some embarrassing moments too. My first attempt to start a 1951 Ford RW>was one of mine. GM cars of the time had ignitions that had the tumblers RW>facing up and the keey went in the lock with the 'teeth' facind down. RW>Fords were just the opposite, tumblers on top, key's teeth facing up. RW>When the guy who gave me the keys to his 51 Ford said that I could start RW>it and warm up the engine for him came along and to the crowd around his RW>car said: 'Watch him put the key in upside down.' Yeup, I put the key in RW>the ignition like it was a GM car, fully aware that it was aFord and the RW>key went in the ignition with the tumbler teeth up...demonstrating the RW>power of suggestion! That reminds me of one of My Most embarrassing moments. In my Early days in the Navy(1952) I was up in Great Lakes and was visiting a family and was going to take the Daughtwer soemwhere. Since i did not have a car her father gave me the keys to his Oldsmobile. I was a Ford man and had never been in a GM car and could not find the Starter button. --- þ SLMR 2.1a þ Typo Tom Strkes Again * Origin: Fidonet Since 1991 And Still Here. Join Us: www.DocsPl (1:123/140) |
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