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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 03, 1927
Page
7
An article offers practical, low cost do it yourself tips for early automobiles. It covers making a aluminum fastener, oiling brake levers, lubricating drums, and freeing sticky brake components. It suggests using unpainted tool handles, proper headlight placement, and creating a luggage cover for closed cars to protect items on trips.
An article argues spare tyre care can improve a car’s look and owner’s image. It recommends using a tyre cover to protect and conceal a fresh spare, discouraging thieves and signaling diligence, with praise for this simple maintenance step.
A torn OCR note describes using a tinning jack and a chain as a substitute for a wheels puller. It explains looping a chair around two spokes and placing the jack to pull the wheel from a tapered axle, with careful operation to avoid damage.
Morris, maker of Morris motor cars, recalls early 1900s trials and incidents involving drivers, including a 1913 incident with a French car and a mishap during a descent. The narrative notes leadership reprimands and later Morris employment as an organizer while detailing wartime service experiences.
A fragmented note describes fashioning a simple trouble light using a clip and a four candle socket. The writer notes wiring checks, mounting near the front, and testing the device to quiet a creak and operate the bearing. The text blends stray thoughts on attachment, illumination, and practical use.
A fragmented description outlines rubber compounds and drying, followed by forming pipe like cylinders named mundrele. Tubes are routed to racks, dried, then joined ends and partially tested in water. The process ends with preparation for shipment.
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