Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-05

covered parking spaces for the auto
mobiles they contain.
20 into the average living room
and you will find tables. chairs, rugs
on the floor. reading lamp handy,
magazines and books, probably some
smoking materials, maybe a fireplace
with wood, ready to use.
Go into the dining room-the
dining table. the chairs, the table
covering, silver. dishes, glassware, all
ready to be used.
! Down in the >cellar-the furnace,
I the coal bin. the wood pile. the tools
for the garden, ash cans, a hose, all
ready for use.
All over the house is the equipment
and the supplies not for a single trip,
put for a whole year, a lifetime per-
haps.
| Nov let's go back and look in the
garage again. There is car. stand
ing on the floor. A couple of worn
out tires thrown against the side of
the wall. Perhaps a few emmy cans
| mat formerly contained OIL Maybe
| mere Is work bench. but generally
| mere isn't. Possibly there are few
| .oois' but generally there are not.
| How much better it would be if
| tnls garage contained a few supplies
| that the average motorist would
heed' not for a single trip. but for a
season-a few of the tools that he
would use. not once, but perhaps dur
ing his lifetime.
| Just for example, here's list of
Things that are missing from the
| average home garage, which ought
| 10 be available for simple adjust
ments or repairs.
Screw drivers.
| Wrcnches.
A little home vulcanizns outfit,
Tire chains
Extra linkA
An extra tube or two.
Spare tire.
Lamp bulbs.
| Spark plugs.
| "A few grease cups
A supply of lubricating oil.
| Soap for removing grease.
stiff brushes for washing the
| wheels.
| Sponges.
| Chamos
These are just n fcw of the essen
! tlal supplies that go to make a home
|
| store house for an automobile.
| The average motorist will find them
useful. There are many more things
that he may need. not included in
this list. Check up in your own home
garage and see what you really have
on hand. See if the things described
in the above list are there. If you
haven't them, so to any reliable
dealer in your town and make it q
business of cquipping your home
garage. You will find it will save
you ~ many ways.
| Another thing. many of the sup
plies you should have in your home
garage would be available TO take
along in the car on your trip.
! Then you won't have to stop so
frequently for supplies. When you
have puncture you would have a
repair outfit in the car to fix the tube
or Il spare tire on back ready for use.
You can fill up the crank case with
| Oil when you start off so that you
won't have to buy it along the road
| You can carry an extra supply of
spark plugs with you in case one goes
bad You will always have extra
fuses for ignition system. You could
make lamp bulbs Il part of your car
equipment.
! And back in the home garage YOU
will have all the tools, all the ma
terials. all tho equipment that you
will need for the minor repairs or ad-
! justments that YOU can make your
self
| Another thing. in buying n seasons
supply for your home garage select
reliable dealer from whom YOU can
get high grade articles at reasonable
prices.
With that in mind many of them
! are setting aside the week of May 18th
to May 18th as Home Garage Week.
! in which they are making Il feature
of the supplies end equipment that
the average home garage lacks.
| Identifying yourself with Il reliable
dealer accomplishes two things. 1t
secures high quality products for
| you at reasonable prices and it makes
| him interested in you when you need
| repairs or adjustments.