[Allan Broadribb]

1967, I drive from Toronto to Montreal for the world's fair "Expo 67". The first night it rains a lot and in the morning my 1962 Mercury Meteor will not start. We coast in it down hill to a garage. The "mecanicien" opens the hood lights up his acetylene torch with a bright yellow flame and waves it all over the engine. Voila - $5 and 5 minutes later it starts - of course it seems to me it could just as easily have burned to the ground.