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Old 06-29-2010, 10:45 AM   #24
bobbycoke
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Default Re: Wood clothes pins on the gas line

Pop was an old ford trained mechnic and worked onfords from the 30's- late 60's than went to caddys but on a trip in fla. with a 1953 flathead v8 {he bought it new cause they were not goinng to make them anymore} had vaporlock and he only had a bag of grapefruits..... yup he cut two partly in halve and put them on fuel line used friction tape[old time tape used like duct tape today for everything] to hold the heat sinks on and away we went, when we got to a store he purchased wooden closepins and put them on no more problems don't know why or how it worked but it did impress this 5year old!!!!!!!!!
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