I have never done so much motoring—and yet so little work. " .... In 15,000 miles I have done nothing to my Ford mechanically, but to clean the plugs once a month for luck, and to cleanse the petrol filter twice only—also for luck. "My neighbours bark their knuckles and imperil their immortal souls over periodical decarbonisation and lappet-clearance adjustment. My tappets are permanently adjusted, and I can neither feel, hear nor see any reason why I should lilt my cylinder-head. "I like gear-changing on any decently built car. I therefore use my gear-box. But my wife is a onegear fiend, and she goes surprising distances on top gear, all on top, in the most satisfactory fashion imaginable. I had expected to have to adjust the clutch, as the result of this sort of treatment, but have not yet had to do so. "The car has that cardinal virtue of 'fewness of bits’. Any function that can be discharged by a single component or filling is so discharged. Nobody has walked around it striving to add to part-numbers. "To anybody who wants real motoring, and lots of it, for as little money, with as little fuss, as possible, I would say "Look into the claims of the Model A FORD, consider its price, its maintenance-charges, from every possible angle and .... and the next thing you know, you will be a FORD enthusiast. Pl C ce L V?eW ngt ° n ‘ the * Pla ’ • boohtet. - a uon. is y° ur v
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 15 October 1931, Page 10
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