Well, Dave, when I bought my first car somewhere around 1958 it was a
Citroen 2CV, the "Ugly duckling", which at that time must have been
about 5 years old, and that car had a dipstick as a part of the standard
equipment. It was a very simple car indeed - the windscreen wipers were
driven by the speedometer cable so if you stood still the wipers didn't
work . To overcome that problem you could pull a small wheel next to the
speedometer and turn the wheel - that way you could wipe manually. The
seats were each held by one wing nut, so if you had a break for lunch or
so you just took the seats out. And they were very comfortable as well.
Oh, glorious times of simple automobiles!
Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands
1964 BJ8 29432 under reconstruction
Dave Carpenter wrote:
> Prior to around 1930, it was standard practice since cars didn't have
> gauges. I have a dip stick from a Model A Ford that Ford dealers gave
> away in the showroom. It has printed scales for various Ford cars and
> a generic one on the back for use with other cars that is calibrated
> on how many inches deep the tank is.
>
> I used to carry a yard stick in my first Healey. Back in the 70's
> while going to school, money was tight and I needed to know exactly
> how much fuel I had.
>
> Dave
>
> Alex wrote:
>
>> I'm getting a real kick outta this thread. I thought I was the only
>> one carrying a petrol "confidence" dipstick in the boot!
>>
>> == Alex in Maine
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