OLD CROCKS ON THE ROAD

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 562, 15 January 1929, Page 6

OLD CROCKS ON THE ROAD

EARLY CARS POPULAR & amazingly large number of old crocks, the best specimens of junk, have made their appearance on the roads over the Christmas holidays. They have been dragged forth from

the cobwebs of the shed and the dark corners of garages in the city and country, given another pint or two of oil, a gallon or so of petrol, re-regis-tered in all their dilapidated glory, and driven out into the daylight. Paintwork has given way before the ravages of rust, tyres have faced another 100 miles bravely, the wiring systems have summoned up a final effort, plugs have tried to act like plugs, and springs have creaked. Wings flap and old hoods leak and side-curtains flap joyously in the breeze that momentum brings. The bodywork bulges and bends, but, refuses to be broken, and the proud owner sits bolt upright at the wheel, wondering, it seems, which part of the thing will fall to bits first, or whether the contraption will collapse in a heap. These disintegrating mechanical diehards may be met out on the country roads, headed with a large load for some beach or river. They may get there and they may not; if they do get there they may never return.