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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera View Post
One of the chicks I worked with bought a late 60s Caddy because it was so cheap. She was going to school to get her CPA degree. She understood dirt cheap buy in, dirt cheap insurance, and just pump in gas and go. One day she was saying it did not run right anymore. One of the other guys and I went out at lunch time to look for a disconnected hose or bad wire splice. I wondered out loud about the points. We looked and they were eaten up. We ran to the parts store, and for under 5 bucks, replaced the points. Set the gap with a matchbook cover.
For years i considered it standard procedure to carry a match book or two in the glove compartment, amazing that they were always .016" thick give er take.


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