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Mother Earth
Mother F******* Bad Earth...Yeah that manky old piece of earth strap was what has been stopping Jessica starting properly since I got her. Once I swapped it out for a proper shiny bit of copper everything was fine and dandy. The snow has come back (just as I was enjoying the dry weather) so I decided to switch the cars around before it got too bad. Guess what... Molly wouldn't start. It turned out that the points had closed up. One of my all time favourite classic classic ailments. I can usually get things sorted, however I like to slip in a little modern technology when I can, so I got one of these...
Its an electronic points conversion. It does away with mechanical points all together, I just wish I had fitted it before!
Now the cars are all nicely switched I can (maybe) put molly away for a bit of TLC - and fit those points.
Oh and I (re)discovered that driving rear wheel drive classic cars in the snow is rather challenging.
3 comments:
That was very colorful and graphic presentation of different ideas. Classic cars are not really meant to be driven in winter.
Hi Jeff, thanks for the comment.
I disagree though I think any car can be used in the winter given enough preparation and respect for the conditions. In fact in some respects they can be safer as the limits are lower you might be less likely to get into trouble, and you aren't so cocooned from the conditions.
Rupert
Jeff, I've just noticed you're in Montreal... fairs fair, you know more about winter than me!
Rupert
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