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   Message 115,824 of 117,728   
   Andy to Scott Dorsey   
   Re: Adjust headlight   
   06 Jun 20 15:08:45   
   
   From: andrewkennedy775@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 2:09:46 PM UTC-5, Scott Dorsey wrote:   
   > Andy   wrote:   
   > >On Friday, June 5, 2020 at 7:14:20 PM UTC-5, thekma...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > >> Steve W:   
   > >>   
   > >> Provision of X and Y adjustment of motor vehicle   
   > >> headlights is common sense.  I think even as recent   
   > >> as my 2008 Kia Optima had both.   
   > >   
   > >Back when cars had glass headlights, you had both adjustments.   
   > >   
   > >That was when I had a Pinto.   
   >   
   > When you had a Pinto, the frames of American cars were slapped together with   
   > hammers and approximate spot-welds and nothing really matched.  The doors   
   > didn't fit right, the hood seams were never nice and straight.   
      
   I do not think they were "slapped together". That had assembly lines even back   
   then.   
      
   But Ford being Ford, they were the worst American made cars.   
      
   (F)ix (O)r (R)epair (D)aily   
      
   Within a year, all my window knobs had cracked.   
      
   I went thru 4 throwout gears for the starter motor.   
      
   But as my father was a taught Ford mechanics, I did learn a lot about   
   repairing cars.   
   :-)   
      
   Andy   
      
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