I Came By It Honestly!

[rake60]

My parents were here for dinner tonight and my Mother told a little
story about my Grandparents that I found interesting.

In the late 1930's my Grandparents had a car.
Very few people in that little town did at that time.
I know it was a Ford, but I can't tell you what model it was.
It was a Friday night and the car was broke down.
Grandpa and his brothers removed the engine from the car to work on
it, but darkness was closing in.
One of the brothers said, "If we could get it fixed tonight we could all go
to Parkers Dam tomorrow." Parkers Dam is a state part that is 20 miles
away. Practically international travel in the 30's.
My Grandmother cleared the kitchen table and covered it with rags.
She told the guys to bring that engine in and get it fixed.
They worked most of the night getting that Ford engine fixed up, but
Saturday morning it left town for an hour long drive to the state park
20 miles away.
My Grandfather and his brothers were all coal miners. They had no idea
what they were working on. They did know what had to work, and they
were able to MAKE IT WORK!

I admire their ambition at attacking a technology they had no experience in.
Isn’t that very close to what we are doing in a home shop today?
You don't have to be an expert to be able to make it work.
All you need is the will to make it work.

Rick

 

[wareagle]

This illustrates an important point! Don't be afraid if you don't know. Get in there and try it, experiment some, look at new things, and leave your mind open (safety first). You might just learn that you can accomplish what was impossible a few minutes ago!

Rake, thanks for sharing!

 

[tattoomike68]

When my grandparents and dad moved to the northwest from Oklahoma They traded a cow and calf and a china hutch for a 1938 dodge.

It lost a piston on the way and they just took it and the rod out and ran the rest of the way with one less cylinder.