Re: world going nuts!

Posted by racered57 on March 22, 2022 at 22:25:32 from (47.182.29.237):

In Reply to: world going nuts! posted by JMOR on March 22, 2022 at 09:55:25:

Yeah either one looks good to an old fellow like me, but the real reason I posted the pic was I have to believe that in 1960 many of the older gents that were my age (64), had come of age learning how to keep 1920 through 1950 model autos on the road.

A new car was not affordable to many, so they kept what they had on the road as long as possible out of necessity.

So in that context when they saw that new high dollar "caddy" with all the fancy gadgets they weren't familiar with, nor able to repair, they may have simply poo pooed the very idea of owning one. You know, they would have had to take it to the dealer for repair if the window failed to function, obviously a ploy by the manufacturer to grab a little more money. And a four barrel carb? you gotta be nuts! Who could afford the gas. Auto choke? now that's gonna be trouble. Automatic climate control? never.

In truth I would cringe to see that car in my shop today. (The lady is welcome anytime.)

Those Detroit boats were a nightmare then and even worse now when they are 50 years older. I had the pleasure of working on them in the seventies and eighties, and the downsized ones in the nineties and later. What a mess of complication.

To be honest the late model cars of today with their multiple com networks and relay centers can be troubleshooted/diagnosed much easier with a bi-directional scan tool and electrical experience. Circuits are predictable,access to them at the relay is great.You have the switched circuit and the command circuit right there,after a few hundred repairs you lose the fear.

I'm getting too old now to crawl around and under them to do the work but I like the new approach to building them.

Doesn't mean I can afford or even want one, they are not that desirable really, except maybe a hot rod Mercedes,now that's a freaking car!

But I wouldn't want to work on it!

I have better things to do!

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