Re: Smithey Ironware

dsi1 wrote:

On Wed, 6 Nov 2024 2:15:22 +0000, Hank Rogers wrote:
 

dsi1 wrote:

On Tue, 5 Nov 2024 14:51:30 +0000, Michael Trew wrote:

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I'll clarify that it was an old car I bought to tinker with, and while
driving it from one part of the property to another, the brakes went
kaput.  Of course, I'm not driving infants around in a 74 year old car
without seat belts.

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I once forgot to secure the hood on a 67 Mercury Parklane. I was driving
down the road to Kailau and noticed that the hood was a little loose. As
I was straining my brain trying to remember if this model year had a
safety catch, the answer suddenly sprang up before me in the clearest
way possible. It did not have this safety feature that we all take for
granted these days.
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Uncle, cars had a secondary hood latch LONG before 1967. You released
the hood with the main latch lever, but you could only lift it a couple
inches. Then you had to release the secondary lever to open fully.
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It's the same today except the primary release latch is usually operated
from inside the vehicle (it uses a cable). There is still a safety catch
you have to operate to open the hood more than a few inches.
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Yoose full of shit as usual Tojo.

 You're the expert on all things shit/anal - you disgusting, ignorant,
pervert. In your old-man brain, that hood never flew up because that
would be impossible.

Maybe the safety latch was broken or had been disabled by an ignorant owner at some point, Uncle.