Re: T/L motor problem 56 pat

Posted by Mr.Pushbutton  On 2007/11/8 16:39:47

P1--yes, it was.

For those that don't know the story, Packards1 contacted me about 20 years ago and had a customer with a '56 Clipper who needed to get their T/L system up and going. The owner was an old guy with a heavy Polish accent, the type of second-generation Polish-American who grew up in the enclave of Hamtramck, a small city surrounded by the city of Detroit, where from 1913-until-the early 90s you could still find Polish being spoken in shops and restaurants. Dodge main was in Hamtramck, and for decades it was almost impossible to get a job there unless you spoke Polish.
My client had this '56 Clipper that he bought because "his brudder-in-law built it at Packards" (One other note of explanation: Detroiters have a peculiar habit of referring to their place of employment or businesses in possessives e.g. "I work at Ford's", "He works at Chrysler's","lets go to K-mart's")
The owner of the Clipper was, like me named John, he referred to himself as "Oldt Cjohn" and me (then) as "Younk Cjohn" Spelled as such to try to give you an impression of this unique dialect) I went to his house, diagnosed the problem (the motor was fried, a first for me) I removed it from the car and took it to my favorite auto electric bench-rebuilder. One week later Younk Cjohn is back at Oldt Cjohn's house, I bolt the motor back in the car, hook it up, connect the battery, turn the switch on, stand on the back bumper and after the usual wait--CLICK, then the nice whir of the leveling motor.
Oldt Cjohn looked at me from his lawn chair and said

"OH, Younk Cjohn, that's music to mine ears"

To this very day whenever I see Marvin King he greets me by calling me "Younk Cjohn"