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Originally Posted by SlingShot
IMO cars of the 60's to early 70's were much easier to work on without all the computer stuff. Just about any repair could be done at home with just a few tools and a Chiltons.
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Agreed. That's the era when I was learning what I know about cars. My Dad would crawl under a car at the drop of a hat, and I'd be under there with him. I was his tool fetcher and a "hold this tight" guy at first but he always explained what he was doing and why, as he went along. Little by little he let me do stuff like; gap the plugs, bleed the brakes, etc. I was blessed that he took the time to teach me the basics. It has saved me a lot of money over the years, and got me out of some jams as well (car suddenly won't crank - give the starter a good whack with a hammer to free up the Bendix gear... but I digress).
Yes... cars were simpler back then, but every time you turned around it was time to change the points, condenser, distributor cap and rotor, (you young guys/gals can Google those terms to see what they are), spark plugs, brake shoes (and don't forget to get the drums turned). Hell, if you lived up north you even needed a new muffle every other year. With today's car you need much more information, special tools, and money to fix your own vehicles. Fortunately, the routine maintenance is much less frequent (i.e. used to get new plugs every 10-15K miles... now you don't touch 'em before 100K miles).
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