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Old 02-26-2014, 09:46 AM   #5
Wick
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Default Re: Met a Ford worker

My Grand Pa was born in 1902 and went to work at a Ford plant in 1916 instaling the steering gears on the T. At lunch one day the fellas said they were gonna rat him out for being under age (14) so he left out of there and never picked up his last pay check! Growing up all I heard were his Model A and T stories,in damp weather you had to brush a little kerosene on the A's plug wires so she would hit on all 4.
@1990 I left a 1 cyl. garden tractor over his house so I could work his garden spot. The engine had a Mag. on the side. Well one day he adjusted the mag points? and fooled with some other stuff. Oh no I thought...Tractor ran it's best after he Fooled with it!!! My Aunt 5 years ago gave me a small tool box that was his inside I found Ford wrench's and a couple z wrenches,feeler guage for Mag. I still remember playing with a big box of Champion spark plugs there.
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