Interesting device for assisted mobility

That is it! At the controls (steering wheel) is a lever to adjust shutters in front of the radiator. A control lever to keep the speed of the engine constant (cruise control), another lever to adjust the fuel mixture while driving and another lever to rotate the distributor and adjust the timing also while driving. In the old days the driver was the ECM (engine control module).
 
hydrovolt said:
... In the old days the driver was the ECM (engine control module).
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... and probably the mechanic as well, but at least you didn't have to contend with miles of wiring and mysterious black boxes. A screwdriver, a pair of pliers and a hammer and you were probably all set.

I miss the days of manual chokes, manual steering, manual brakes ... if nothing else they kept you from texting. ;)
 

Assisted mobility for Granny . . .

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SifuPhil said:
... and probably the mechanic as well, but at least you didn't have to contend with miles of wiring and mysterious black boxes. A screwdriver, a pair of pliers and a hammer and you were probably all set.

I miss the days of manual chokes, manual steering, manual brakes ... if nothing else they kept you from texting. ;)
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And also the baling wire, can't forget that important component of a mechanics necessities, Sifu ! Otherwise, what would they do when something "went haywire" on the vehicle ??
My dad used to talk about using that to fix their old Model A Ford, and apparently, it was one of the basic fixes for the old cars, as well as being totally useful for almost everything around the farm.
When i had horses, I was always fixing something with the baling wire, or even the twine, although the wire was much more effective , usually.

In desperation, there are other things that will also work.
I had a leaking radiator hose, out in the middle of central Oregon nowhere, and had miles to go to the nearest town, and needed to patch that hose. A search of the car revealed nothing more helpful than an old shower curtain in the back, so I got out my (ever-present) knitting bag, cut a strip from the shower curtain, wrapped it around the radiator hose, and tied it on there securely with my knitting yarn.
You have never seen a mechanic laugh so hard, as that one did when we limped into town, found the first gas station/garage, and he opened my hood to look at the problem.....
 
That was quite resourceful of you!

I always carried a spool of heavy-duty wire, a metal clothes-hanger and a roll of duct tape in all of my cars. I can't count the number of times they saved my hide. When I had a little bit of extra money I'd add to the kit with a hose-repair kit, emergency fan belt, etc. to the point where the trunk of my car started looking like a mechanic's nightmare.
 
Baling wire always was used to hold up tailpipes and mufflers on my old cars. Even used a soup can, cut lengthwise, to patch holes in exhaust pipes.

in the trunk of my 37 Buick, I had a metal teapot and a 5 gallon can of 30 wt. oil. Each night I would have to add oil to the old straight eight. Usually took about two quarts a day.
 
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