Service isn’t what it used to be

To me the whole thing looks like a set up--- but many years ago when I was being instructed in the 'motor trade' my uncle showed me the 'proper' way to release a steering ball joint from the arm,loostening the nut several turns and then holding one hammer hard against one side of the arm he would use the second hammer to strike the opposite side. Leaving th enut on the thread prevented damage when the swing of the hammer didn't quite go right!

The front bumper of this Chrysler is from a 1929-31 Buick

I love the old Barn type Cantilever tool box, everything you needed to hand, quite unlike the Huge pull out drawer type that we seem so fond of these days, no paint protectors on the wings ,as for the hourly rate I make it $17, or seventeen operatives.

I learned many decades ago that hammers are for driving nails or bending metal. There is very little of that needed when working ona car. This photo looks like a pit stop in a NASCAR race.

You ask what the hammers are for! It's obvious - the car must be fitted with twin SU electric fuel pumps.

Given the foreign license plate, this would appear to be an example of marketing propaganda demonstrating the unreliability of US automobiles.

This is the boss's car. And if he doesn't give the workforce a pay rise, they are going to modify his car into thousand pieces.

This must be the opening of the first "Quick Fit " service shop in the world. A hammer and flame torch, just for the last details....

One seems about ready to take out the headlamp and I don't like the look of the fellow with the oxy torch :-)
I will stick to the modern diagnostic team until more advice is forthcoming.

Tony.

Is this a Chrysler 8 they are working on ? ?
What worries me is that there is a man with an 8oz ball pein hammer m the throes of doing serious damage to a headlamp. The other hammer looks more like an axe, with a very long handle, which is about to split the next man's head.
The welder has obviously not been on the recent Health and Safety course, otherwise he would not be going to weld, while his companion is lying underneath the front end, without goggles !
The 2 gentlemen with ties on appear to be Supervisers, naturally.
And finally is this picture taken in Memphis Tennessee, because the person in the rear of the picture on the RHS looks an awful lot like Young Elvis !
Is this picture actually intending to show how they will spend 16 man hours of time on this car ? the average wage then was $1650 pa.
So if labour rates were $1 per hour, thats $16 for the service ? ? Expensive !

The blokes with the hammer, oxy and grinder are a real worry.
As for the one on the roof--I wonder if it is a soft top??

Manuel in Oz