The "Throw Away 318"

Dartswinger70 said
I suppose the point is UTG will run its course, he will have to come up with more and different ideas for content at the rate he is posting videos. He should go weekly but I'm thinking he's trying to make max buck on YT, his live streams remind me of the CB radio Saturday nights back in the 70s...his whole "living in the past automotively" schtick is not practical in todays world. Ive drove old cars where you worked on them over the weekend and drove them to work on Monday, that doesn't happen today without planning. it used to be the parts houses had parts on Saturday morning, now you order on the web, collect everything then tear into the car. I don't think there is anyone I know with an old car that doesn't have a modern backup vehicle to get to work...

I must concur on that. Talking to half the weanlings at a parts counter do not know what points and condenser look like. Bad enough to get electronic ignition parts. Now you need all the information to fill their computer screen boxes before they can get anything. A carb kit? Even most of the dealership mechanics would have no clue as to how to go about rebuilding one. The ballast resistor, what is that?
I think we need some restored vehicles kept for historical posterity and being able to show people how it used to be.
My driver is a 99 Chev Silverado 5.3 with 335,000km or just over 200,000 miles. Just put a FP in as it was noisy and the sending unit had a senility issue.