TECH: Some TRUE OLD SCHOOL TECH circa 1945!!!!

I'm a complete fiend when it comes to old mags and books about cars. Here are some cool old tips from a book called the "Complete Home Workshop Cyclopedia" ©1945.

 

i love stuff like this too,,,i have a bunch myself, but don't have a scanner, so im not able to post them,,

 

Very cool.

 

My, how far we have not come, LOL...

Great post!

 

Awsome...i copied that for the office at work..

 

A light in the garage, brilliant, what will they think of next!!

 

awesome! "mouth atomizor" lol i take it that was before spray paint....

 

you get my vote

 

i have used the wire and bolt for hose clamp before and it works. that was 25 years ago when i was really poor, now i'm just poor.

 

Was there a big problem with people getting into unlocked cars to listen to the radio? Can't think of any other explanation for the hidden radio kill switch.

Love the illustrations

 

Way cool!

 

I loved it, People were pretty smart back then.

 

Thanks for posting! I've been having the "locked bumper" problem quite a bit and never knew exactlly how to handle it.

 

Good old common sense, ain't it wonderful. Rags

 

Gotta love the ice s****er idea.
I wonder if you could buy em' before this.

 

I like that tip #2 (Crowbar holder from a broom holder) says to get the holder from a "10 cent store"...anybody remember those??....or better yet...the local 5 & 10 cent store...I guess now it's the DollarStore..

 

Look for some Popular Science magazines from any time from the 1920's to the 1960's--Gus Wilson provided a page or two of tips like those every single issue!

Look here, for starters:

http://www.gus-stories.org/
http://www.arcpress.com/modelgarage/gus.htm

He even helped prepare a race car or two, roundy-round and sports, with his secret tips...a pop culture hero for all time!

 

I have stacks. I love them!

In fact, this book was published by Popular Science. I'd guess these are out of previous issues.

 

That's well cool!!

Gotta remember the wire hose clamp

 

At the next HAMB event, we need to paint a whole car with the mouth atomizer trick...preferably in metalflake.
After the car is fully painted and the teams of HAMBERS are lying on the ground gasping for breath, another team--HAMB stripers, this time...will stripe the metalflake for hour after hour til the entire car is white...

DADAism lives!

 

That was cool - and many are current.

 

I like the tip about carrying first aid stuff in a box on the parcel deck. I thought my '77 450SE was trick; now I know MB has Popular Science to thank!

-bill

 

I like the idea of locking the parking brake in the on position. My ignition switch works without a key so this may be an easy way to secure the car. If someone takes it I'll just follow the skid marks!
Todd

 

I love the drawings.

 

Seeing this remembers me of this website:

http://www.plan59.com/main.htm

Not as cool as the old tech tips, but still alot of cool old media stuff.

 

Thanks KIRK, Very Cool...

 

Reminds me of an old Kr*** and Bernie episode in Cartoons.

 

I have seen old guys hanging the tennis ball from the roof of the garage to avoid hitting the wall before. Now I know where that came from and why I keep seeing it again and again.

 

Wow! I have several of those draftsmen"ruling pens". never occurred to me..............Thanks for the post.

 

i remember J.J. Newberrys 5&10 cent store...they even had a lunch counter and soda fountain.