Originally Posted by
Flying Merkel
Dashboard. It dates from the horse & buggy days. The board in front that stopped the mud from dashing up on you.
Roll down your window. My nephew was blown away by my windy-down windows in the van.
When I was 6 (45 years ago!), my dad showed me how to patch tubes with a Monkey Grip kit. Chemical though, no fire. Pity.
mine was a chem kit, too. the towns we were kinda close to had general repair shops- saws, lawnmowers, and bikes. bikes were simpler then, and most only required an 'all sixteenths' wrench (crescent).