Re: So I bought another Packard.....

Posted by Daniel Leininger On 2009/10/22 10:56:35

Yea John,
I like Steve's comment too.

We live in such a 'disposable' society and age. The 'throw away' mentality is becoming the standard thinking.

Less and less people know how to repair, rebuild, rehab, or 'make do' with all the 'stuff' we use (cars, toasters, applainces...)

Of course it is all more and more complicated. Last week, I watched two mechanics diagnosing an engine with a 'distributor-less' ignition. Many of the old rules and tests didn't work anymore. They used their 'mechanics-brains' to think it through. (In the end it was a sticky valve).

Scottie, Good luck on the Clipper! Glad to know you are 'swimming upstream' in a throw-away culture.

DanL