> Ar> People in high-school age all want to be bloggers and youtubers and
> Ar> they all take academic paths if given the option. You never see any
> Ar> youngster hoping to be an electrician anymore, so my hypothesis is
> Ar> there is not much interest in workshop-style work.
> True, but back in the 1980s when I went to school, cars were simple.
> Carbs, points, distributors, voltage regulators. No computers. You could
> buy a bitchin' 1970s Camaro and spend your free time with it on the
> lift, doing all sorts of work you couldn't do in your driveway - and
> with access to a killer set of tools.
For many years I had a 1980 Chevrolet Monte Carlo that was first purchased
in California. I hate to tell you this, but cars sold in California back
then did indeed have computers in them in order to regulate the "California
emmissions" systems they had to be equiped with in order to be sold there.
* SLMR 2.1a * Reward for a job well done: more work.
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