RW>And some embarrassing moments too. My first attempt to start a 1951 Ford
RW>was one of mine. GM cars of the time had ignitions that had the tumblers
RW>facing up and the keey went in the lock with the 'teeth' facind down.
RW>Fords were just the opposite, tumblers on top, key's teeth facing up.

RW>When the guy who gave me the keys to his 51 Ford said that I could start
RW>it and warm up the engine for him came along and to the crowd around his
RW>car said: 'Watch him put the key in upside down.' Yeup, I put the key in
RW>the ignition like it was a GM car, fully aware that it was aFord and the
RW>key went in the ignition with the tumbler teeth up...demonstrating the
RW>power of suggestion!

That reminds me of one of My Most embarrassing moments. In my Early
days in the Navy(1952) I was up in Great Lakes and was visiting a family
and was going to take the Daughtwer soemwhere. Since i did not have a
car her father gave me the keys to his Oldsmobile. I was a Ford man and
had never been in a GM car and could not find the Starter button.
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