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Interesting that an electronics technician's passion is things made during the analog adding machine era. Can't say that I blame him.

His being an 'accumulator' reminds me a lot of my dad - he's got a ton of stuff, and can fit different stuff together to make other stuff work.

He once got a jeep wagonner running by making a gasket out of an empty pack of cigarettes, and another time got us home by taking the top of a jackstand and using it to keep the frame of the truck up because the rear spring broke.

I keep trying to get him to ride his bike more, but he only rides it when he needs to go pick up a car to work on

It's pretty sweet he did that ride on an old school fixy with wooden rims too!

How about this: One of my uncles, way back in the day (30's) had the hit/miss motor* on his net boat blow a head gasket way out off the Pamlico sound. He used a hammer head and a pocket knife to knock the head bolts loose. Pulled the head, cut a new head gasket out of the lid of a cheap cardboard suitcase ( I don't know why this was in the boat, he may have picked it up floating in the water some other time) Put everything back together by using the hammer to chisel the bolts back on and fired it back up.


*A hit/miss engine is one that uses a govenor on the ignition. As long as the motor spins over a certain rpm the ignition does not fire. It drops below a point and the ignition fires. They have big flywheels on them. You might sewe one at a county fair, they get used for icecream churns in the old timey sections.