The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-01-18
Buying A Ford

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change. This is. howevr, minor F
consideration. The really essential
thing is to possess the determina- n
tion to undergo the painful public h
ity which the acquisition of such a r
plebeian vehicle entails. If you S
have this required trait in your f
character the rest is easy.
You order one of these darn
things" about year ago. If you
are born on Friday tie thirteenth
you will probably be lucky and re-
ceive delivery sometime next year.
You then write check for $433.S7.
The 81 cents represents the original
cost of manufacture and in the 433
dollars is combined the war tax,
freight and Henry's profit. No one
will begrudge him the profit as the
reputation for turning out vehicle
made up so indiscriminately of old
iron, tin and loose bolts, must be
heavy burden to bear.
When the check is turned over
and the garage man hangs tag on
the steering wheel, with your name
thereon, you fondly imagine you
own a car and are probably foolish
enough to feel little bit chesty
about it. The garage man cruelty
J skaters your hallucination and in
} the most convincing manner proves
to you that you have not yet attain
: ed the ownership of a car and be-
fore you can do so it will be neces-
3 sary for you to purchase several
hundred dollars worth of parts.
0 Of course he generously comedies
that there are a few accessories
that YOU can dispense with for the
i time being, but the following list
o includes actual necessities and unless
< you have them your car troubles
will be many and simultaneous
70 Following is a list in part: storage
5 battery, shock absorbers! !, a rea
3 brake, foot feed, speedometer, de
mountable rims, worm steering
90 gear, self starter, vacuum feed etc.
IS ETC., etc.
as You feel discouraged, to say tn,
Z least, and hunt up your best frient
20 for sympathy. He also has been {
IS hapless victim and in his early day
Is has been guilty of possessing one o
33 the afore mentioned sizzling Lizzles
Is He speaks from experience an
states emphatically that it is a
nonsense that you need anythin
ol, much in the way of accessories. G
-, course there are few convenience
that are absolutely necessary an
os he warns up to the task of tran
,+b posing Ford into car by the al
,or dition of the above mentioned Ii
ID with a few new ones that his lare
na. experience dictates.
ms. You disconsolately repair to Il
or garage and in a half-hearted ma
,r's r1er try to crank your new posse
,r's sion. You might have succeeded
ing Henry had taken little more tin
252 at the factory and hadn't put
or many left-h and parts on the rig
"a side and had ground half inch
bed two off the cylinders etc. Of cour
airs few years usage will finally we
,ill- off the rough and superfious edg
ID so you can do the cranking yol
inal self, by using both hands, but
pes. present state of affairs make
tied necessary to call upon the crank
airs last resort-Rev. Emmel. He gi'
rist- it few turns, Lizzie coughs ul
gurgle of gasoline and she is on
tee. way. Probably all of the eng
isn't running, but enough is goi
to make a noise something simili
although slightly louder, tina
,em- concrete mixer.
rive. What a proud moment 1t is
ct at YOU! What power she has! Y
first depression fades away like the {
e re- on midday in August. For al
,atah all, the real test of car is
} her she run? And she did.
there