Plugs and Points

Whilst Gene continued to block sand I offered to change the plugs on his 78 Mercury (anything to avoid the dreaded sanding). As usual I got the crap end of the deal. The Mercury was clearly designed by Ford's retard son as after they build the engine they discovered that they had forgotten the air filter, air conditioning and the vacuum advance device. As a result 5 out of the 8 plugs are very well hidden and my fingers still hurt, bastards. Now back in 1963 Ford knew to keep the plugs at the top and in clear view, in those days cars weren't choked with this emission control nonsense.

Still we made sterling progress on the Galaxie and I even had a go at sanding (under Gene's very watchful eye). Then (shock) Marco turned up! He even offered to refund my $20 but I thought that I would keep him on the hook as the engine is due to be pulled on Saturday week and I may need him. Of course I may never see him again, time will tell.

At the end of the day we both sat back and just stared at the car. It could be that we were mesmerised by its intrinsic beauty or it could be that we were two worn out farts.