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Show '4 Price; Utah Thursday, May 22, 1969 Auto service mans Status is changing The days have passed when the automobile mechanic was called a grease monkey and ranged low on the occupational ledder. Today, with the automobile being an increasingly complex machine, tremendous skills and thorough training are required. For the man servicing your modern car, the term technician is more appropriate than mechanic. One indication of how the auto service mans stature has risen is the advent of this volume by Dawson Taylor and James Bradley. Taylor is an auto dealer as well as a writer. Bradley is the director of the Automotive History Collection at the Detroit Public Library. So it is with authority that the authors approach their subject. In describing auto service careers, the authors point out that there are 33,000 franchised car dealers, 72,000 general repair outlets and 200,000 gasoline service stations that have technicians on their payroll. One automotive firm estimates that it will need 29,000 technicians this year to replace normal personnel losses at its dealerships alone. As for earning potential, Service technicians wages compare favorably with those of other skilled trades and shocld continue to do so in the future. Beware! Shower Is Can make s amuseeven didnt By BeDe Benson he identified, Miss Benson, pointment, it was raining and my Youve got a cracked distributor Robert Frost said it. There is car wouldnt start. Naturally, I was frantic. If you cap and your spark plugs are something that doesnt like a with Mr fouled up. No wonder you couldnt fence. Now it's my turn. There miss an appointment Frifrom demotes Gino he start. you Summer showers, especially af- is something that doesnt like a to Monday mornafternoon day I bit my tongue before I could ter make can And a woman. an automobile thats long spell, dry JjJM HIGH I have to tell you road surfaces as slippery as win- mechanic. Thats at least if hes ing. And do blurt out an indignant thats no of mood Mr. Gino is in Asm tor a Job m ter ice, a special safety bulletin 61 in his old army boots, has what kind way to talk to a lady. Instead I on morning? Monday Service told him to fix it, which he did. issued by the Rubber ManufacturAutomotive uncertain blue eyes and goes by James J. Bradley nd So, I called Hank. My tears ers Association warns. the name of Hank. I really cant be too mad at Dawson Taylor must have moved him because Hank. He even thanked me when The danger of skidding is greatNow, I guess I know as much he was out in five minutes. I paid for two service calls and est, says the trade group, during about cars as the next League of the first 15 to 30 minutes after it was unusually talkative a complete tune-uHank And he was Women Voters Foreign Policy starts to rain; up to an hour or chairman. After when he came. He actually said polite enough not to mention that all, it was I who more in a light drizzle. Hi. He got me started and I my Mr. Gino Special looked like spent three hours in the library n This is due to the in to Mr. Ginos with 27 a wet cocker made spaniel. trade restrictions on fact that rain tends to float up looking up seconds to spare. Which was forautomotive replacement parts. So, But one thing saved the day. I onto the road surface a greasy tunate since it meant I only had Im not exactly a babe in the to film of oil, gasoline and rubber wait 45 minutes before the still have Friday afternoons at woods on the subject. residue which becomes a treachmaestro could take care of me. Mr. Ginos. But to think talk e to Hank, erous lubricant between But wouldnt you know that as youd Talk to I tried to start my car again, the tires and the road until I was dumb. I say advisedly. Every time I nothing happened. Nothing, that enough rain falls to wash it away. Hank The possibility of an accident drive in, he mumbles something is, except my hairdo began to Aim For A Job In Automotive on a wet road, a manifold and disintegrate in the downpour. says the Associa- about is is between 5 and 10 times takes off in his car.leaving me another addition to tion, So, I called Hank again. This Service, Rosen Press Aim High vocation- as great as on a dry road, in standing there. Youd think we time he took a half hour to come were married, the way he car- and didnt bother with a Hi. al series. It should answer vir- terms of the likelihood of a skid loss of of and a car. In ries on. control Instead he pushed my car into tually all questions about the field terms of with the station, popped up the hood stopping distance, it may My last to those interested in a potential- take up to four times as far to Hank happened just last week. I and left me to peruse his ample ly rewarding job. stop on a wet road as a dry road. was late for a hair dressers ap- - supply of automotive magazines. Youd think theyd publish a few articles a gal could appreciate! Just as I was absorbed in a piece about How to Sell More Upholstery Shampoo, Hank approached me. It was evident he was about to speak to me because his Adams apple was quivering. SERVICE CENTER Whens the last time you had your car tuned up, he challenged. By his serious look, I thought Id humor him. The last time the piano tuner came through Roads slippery little-know- "That must be the flock that summers at St. Benedict's" ice-lik- theres no place like our test-drivi- for Under Car Care OP" In a survey taken by the authors, wages of $200 or $250 or more were offered in newspaper ads. Some technicians interviewed were earning around $15,000 a He managed to hide-inment manfully as he crack a smile. this any way to talk to a lady? C3T Double the Miles from your Tires town, Dirt year. A technicians job is a stepping stone to a business ownership. Many a successful dealer or independent businessman can trace his start back to experience as an automotive service technician, under-Car-Ca- BEAR re I quipped. The sensible way to get rid of steering troubles, annoying vibration, bad brakes, faulty headlights and driving fatigue is to get our Bear Under Car Service. We have the most modern in precision alignment, balancing & safety test equipment operated by experts in Under Car Safety Care. the enemy Dirt can be an enemy of good car operation in more ways than appearance. Small particles of dirt on the battery terminals can stop your car cold. To prevent this from happening, make sure battery terminals and connections are cleaned thoroughly during routine battery checks. they state. With the great demand for qualified technicians, more firms are offering technical training, often at no cost to the trainee. with with proper 1?' 1 LINEUP COMPLETE AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE FACILITIES PAINT and BODY WORK You cart fry, but I doubt if bell flip you double or nothing for the tune up Many high schools offer automotive shop training and some schools devote entire curricula in automotive technology. Qualified graduates of these courses usually receive several offers each from repair facilities to come to at of the time. The biggest percentYoung people, supposedly odds with the older generation, age, 37.5, said they seldom used work as trainees. education often in- have at least one area of agree- seat belts. Some 17.7 percent said ment with their parents. Both are they never used seat belts. volves advanced courses at use of car ignoring the for comThere was little difference in schools, the ing paid by panies. All major auto makers; seat belts. use between boys and girls, with have such training schools. IndeChampion Spark Plug Company, less than a percentage point difpendent organizations like the In- through its Highway Safety Proin ference their answers. dependent Garage Owners Associ-ateiogram, queried nearly 12,000 high (IGOA) also have training school seniors on seat belt wearfacilities with individual garages, ing habits. In cars equipped with often paying tuition for trainees. belts, well under 50 percent use On Car In addition, individual firms the restraining devices. who make specialized automotive In cleaning your windshield, Only 14.8 percent said they alcomponents offer training courses dont forget the inside. Tobacco in their specialties. These courses ways use belts. Another 29.8 percan put a film of residue smoke free of are cent said they used them most charge. on the glass and distort vision. So, if you smoke, periodically clean the windshield with a window washing solvent. Reckless driving can really get you down about six feet, say. Race drivers stress importance of belts g n Short Takes Care FREE Estimates : EAST OF INCLUDING PRICE - 637-206- 0 PACE BODY & PAINT SHOP Safety experts advise never driving more than three hours without stopping to rest on a long trip. Getting out of the car to stretch or stopping for coffee is recommended to avoid excessive driving strain. The average spark plug will fire 15,000,000 times in 10,000 miles of driving. The effects of the electrical charge wear down the plugs firing end. Plug manufacturers recommend servicing plugs at 5,000 miles and replacing them at 10,000 miles. BEAR failure to wear in schools throughout the U. S. seat belts was not because of their and Canada, is stressing seat failure to recognize the conse- belt use as well as other safety quences, the survey found. Al- aids. of them identified most not wearing belts as a major contributing cause to traffic fatal- SAmr The students &IRVC 160 East Main 637-028- 4 two-thir- ities. Estimates by the National Safety Council show that about one out of five fatalities could have been avoided if seat belts were being worn. According to J. R. McGeorge, relations Champions public manager and director of the highway safety program. In our presentation to school groups we have Indianapolis race drivers stress the responsibilities as well as the skills of operating a car. A race driver would no more think of operating a car without a seat belt than he would without a steering wheel, McGeorge said. The 1968-6Champion Highway Safety Program, to be conducted In addition to youngsters driving cars equipped with seat belts but rot using them, large percentages are driving cars which have no seat belts. Of those driving their own cars, less than half of the vehicles are equipped with belts. 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