It really is slow on here ! So the other day I was rummaging through my attic and found one of these pumps. I didn't look to see if it's 6 or 12 volt. They were used as an accessory back when cars had vacuum operated wipers. Remember when you floored the accelerator in a rain storm and the wipers just quit ? Or when you let off they raced real fast ? This Carter pump solved that by actuating when the vacuum dropped thus making the wipers continue to operate during acceleration.
I kept this thing thinking that I may use it for something some day. It's new but I don't know where the box went.
How's that for some trivia during a slow period........Bruce
I remember very well driving a '57 Ford that we dropped a 390 into and heading out to Deseronto, Ontario late one night to catch the drags the next day. Pouring rain on that old 2 lane highway and every time we passed someone with the foot down the wipers damn near quit. Passing, we'd get on and off a few times to get by. Not the best idea but we did it. CCR was doing Bad Moon Rising in those days.
Previous to that I owned a '57 Dodge Mayfair four door sedan. I know...not cool but only $50. My Dad bought new cars very nine years and paid cash for them. When he got the '68 Dodge he handed down the Mayfair to my older Brother who promptly wrecked it. I got it and put a new front end on it at home. Didn't know the right A arm assy was " tweaked rearward " ( the torsion bar was bent too ) but I drove it anyway. Another fault was that after about 40 minutes while driving at night, the headlights would go out. We tried but couldn't find and fix the consistent fault. I learned pretty quick that if the lights go out you can see pretty well if you turn the right blinker on and come to a safe stop. The immediate fix was to turn everything off, open up and slam the hood down. Worked every time.
So, off we'd go down to Massena, NY for a Saturday night. Drinking age was 18 in NY and Ontario then was 21. Cover charge was $1 and if you " forgot your ID " a straight donation to the bouncer of $2 would get you a stamp. Some of us wearn't 18. Off to the Willow Grove we went and when the band took a break we'd go across the street to Tex Montana's Diamond Horseshoe.
Following is a bit of a trick we'd do. Fort Drum near Watertown, NY is a US Military base that used to be a summer only 6 month station. There's a place down there called the Pine Lake Lodge in Black River. It still exists as far as I know. The local daughters were cautioned heavily not to attend during the summer season because..." you just don't know what those GI's might be up to " . We were quick learners and patiently waited till October. It was like shooting ducks in a barrel and well worth the effort....me culpa....
My Wife and I were in Massena a year or so ago picking up a hardtop for the Speedster and stopped somewhere for lunch. We chatted up some local ladies around our age and exchanged some memories. Some of them remembered Canadian guys coming down the the Willow Grove and the Pine Lake Lodge. I hope one of them wasn't Leonard Lockerby's Sister. We got into a punch out one night over her in the parking lot and Leonard rightfully got his nose broken and a buddy of ours spent a night in jail down in Canton, NY. Memories, eh ?
Sorry for the long one....just trippin "
