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RcT · 11-21-2011, 10:56 AM

I was thinking about the younger folks getting into the hobby. Their dads were probably the generation raised after cars had computers and such, making home repairs and shade tree mechanics truly a thing of the past.

When I got my first A back in the sixties, my dad let me go at it, but was always there for backup. I couldn't get something to work and he would explain it to me, saying "Some guy thought this up, so you should be able to figure it out" or say when it was working, you tried to do something... think back and start at the beginning of your work and what you did, and work from there, Don't mess with the other stuff."

Probably the best advice he gave was to work on one thing at a time and try it out. If it doesn't work right, you know where the problem is. Recently I read a thread where something was amiss and the fellow had changed out about a dozen things and it still wouldn't start. Now how do you find the problem?

I think it would be appreciated by all the readers here if us old guys could memorialize some of this advice given to us as kids by the old guys then. They had the wisdom to match the simplicity of the car. What do you think?

11-21-2011, 10:56 AM	#1
RcT Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 451	The wisdom of our Dads I was thinking about the younger folks getting into the hobby. Their dads were probably the generation raised after cars had computers and such, making home repairs and shade tree mechanics truly a thing of the past. When I got my first A back in the sixties, my dad let me go at it, but was always there for backup. I couldn't get something to work and he would explain it to me, saying "Some guy thought this up, so you should be able to figure it out" or say when it was working, you tried to do something... think back and start at the beginning of your work and what you did, and work from there, Don't mess with the other stuff." Probably the best advice he gave was to work on one thing at a time and try it out. If it doesn't work right, you know where the problem is. Recently I read a thread where something was amiss and the fellow had changed out about a dozen things and it still wouldn't start. Now how do you find the problem? I think it would be appreciated by all the readers here if us old guys could memorialize some of this advice given to us as kids by the old guys then. They had the wisdom to match the simplicity of the car. What do you think?