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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2014 4:32 am    Post subject: Gus Wilson's Model Garage Reply with quote

Starting back in the early 1920's, Popular Mechanics ran a monthly feature about cars, repairs, preventative maintenance, driving techniques and various other tips.

He predates me by decades but not my Father who was around back then.

I remember the articles from the later years and recently stumbled upon this link in the garage forum to the whole collection!

http://www.gus-stories.org/index1.htm

Reading through some of the older articles about tire repair, double clutching, etc, I almost heard the voice of my long deceased Dad!

Dad taught me to double clutch, the art of downshifting on a steep hill, fixing flat tires (though on bicycles) etc.
I wonder if, ...... My Dad being an avid subscriber to PM, did he read these same articles half a century and longer ago and passed this knowledge on to me?

I know that his Father, my Grand Father wasn't into mechanics at all! Darn new fangled horseless carriages! The only value he saw in Automobiles was making money! He started the first car loaning institution in Long Branch NJ ........ way back when!

Anyway..... Enjoy! Make a pot of coffee and be prepared to spend hours reveling in a piece of motoring history!
For those of you driving 50's and early 60’s era Bugs and Van's, much of this information is right up your alley still!

For those of you driving modern computer controlled state of the art transportation machines.... Appreciate the long difficult history that got you here!

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2014 5:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Dave. I finally get done reading Bob Hoovers Blog and now this! I'll never get away from this damn computer Wink
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2014 10:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good stuff. I remember the Model Garage well. In fact, when I was in high school (fifty-some years ago), I worked part time in a one-man gas station/garage for a guy like Gus-------except his name was Ernie. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2014 2:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I love to read articles, and stories from the early 20th century. It was so much simpler in many ways, but there were also a lot of inconveniences we have virtually forgotten today. The "Good" old days were cool, but I'm glad to be living in today's world.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 19, 2014 4:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

wbrown45 wrote:
I love to read articles, and stories from the early 20th century. It was so much simpler in many ways, but there were also a lot of inconveniences we have virtually forgotten today. The "Good" old days were cool, but I'm glad to be living in today's world.

Yup------and most of the tales from the Model Garage were actually not far-fetched. Lots of simple stuff broke frequently--------just like our antique VWs. Laughing
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