That, was bread and butter for us. Plugs/points/condenser, blow out the air filter or wash it if it was oil bath type air filter. That was brother & I's job. and we could do it on just about any 50s-mid 60s vehicle in about 20 minutes. But, I hated cars with a big GM type ac compressor. In the way of changing plugs on that side of a v8. The only thing that was really hard to change points in was the old Ford 9N tractor with the distributor up near the radiator. Did my last one in 2017 and I hated it.
The only thing I owned with vacuum wipers was my '61 vette.
People forget too, how often you had to change (or clean) spark plugs when gasoline had lead in it. That was a once/year thing for most as the lead would make depositson the electrode which would make the points burn. (Cha-ching--cha-ching cha ching went dad's oldlever type adding machine..) .... We had a Champion spark plug cleaner/tester for those that just wanted plugs cleaned instead of replaced. It had an abrasive media blower/blaster that cleaned each plug as you stuck it in a hole, then connect an electrode to the tip, pushed a button and watched the spark quality thru a little mirror. Hi-tech back then.
Quicker just to put new plugs in. I changed a LOT of spark plugs in my teens.
What we charged back then seems pitifully low amount but a dollar was a lot of $$ then.
I think item 2 on the first picture was a freeze plug but not sure.
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First ride I was in with electric windows was a '54 Packard. Actually, it used a hydraulic/electric setup to raise the windows, with a big spring to assist lowering them. Belonged to my father's best friend and he was always having trouble with it. A straight 8 engine and the thing sat low to the ground, but it did just float down the highway at 80mph. A pita to work on.
While I'm diggin up bones from my own wayback machine, how much was a gallon of gasoline in E Texas 52 years ago? 16 gallons totaled $6.05= about 38 cents/gallon.
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