Show r Y t y jr zi-J zi A w I r 1111 r r V WIN IN NATIONAL AUTO MECHANIC CONTEST 1 rj These two Davis High Class Crass of 63 graduates just cant can't 35 resist petting the engines of these two brand new ft t convertibles They won the right to each have the use use maintenance-free maintenance of a Plymouth Sport Fury 1 automobile as national winners in an automobile Trouble Shooting contest held last month in to Detroit Last spring two Davis High School seniors took top state honors honors' in an auto mechanics J contest held at the State Stale Fair Fairgrounds FairI I grounds This made them eligible eligible eli eli- gible to compete in the tile national finals of the Plymouth Trouble TroubleShooting TroubleShooting TroubleShooting Shooting cant contest cst held at De De- Detroit Detroit troit trait in June THIS TIllS TEAM composed of Dan son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Loertscher Farmington Farmington Farmington Farm- Farm ington and md Dennis Barker son of or Mr and Mrs John L. L Barker Bark Bark- er Layton managed to come in third place in the national contest contest con con- test and are now enjoying the fruits of their labors Part of their award was to each cach have the use of a convertible convertible convertible con con- I sport car with all costs paid for by bythe bythe bythe the Chrysler Corporation for 30 days This week C each of the young oung men received a PI Plymouth sport Fury listed at more than as their convertible f f. BESIDES the use of the autos both were awarded scholarships scholarships schol to be used at the school of their choice in any field of their choice a jacket with the trouble shooting emblem on it and as a team they were awarded a large trophy troph The trophy will vill be placed in the trophy troph display case at Davis High School prior to the start of school The school was also alsor r awarded an engine engin for fOl a working working working work work- ing model in the auto mechanics shop Of course ourse the tab for their trip meals and stay slay at the Sheraton Cadillac Hotel during the contest were all picked up by the Chrysler Corporation This also was true tine for the schools school's auto mechanics instructor instructor in- in Don T. T Edwards who accompanied the boys on the trip TIllS THIS WAS only the second national contest and the first time a Davis High team had com competed petro in it The contest program program program pro pro- gram begin in 1949 1919 in Los Angeles Angeles An An- geles on a local basis In this years year's contest 48 teams com com- The aim of the tile program is to give recognition and honor hon hon- I or to talented young students and thereby encourage them to make a career carcer in the Ule automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile service field From the start Trouble TroubleShooting TroubleShooting TroubleShooting Shooting rece J enthusiastic tic support from educators who were seeking ways to stimulate more young oung men to enter this vital ital field in the tile face of more glamorous pursuits pur pur- suits and from auto dealers and the motoring public who were finding well trained auto mechanics in short supply It has lias proved to be a public service service ice activity in the fullest sense of the term IN TIlE THE state slate contest each team was given a car and antl told that there was 25 U Wings wrong with it They were to correct these tl things and have the motor running in as short a time as possible The Loerts- Loerts Barker Cher-Barker team completed this assignment in 53 minutes The national contest was a abit abit abit bit more difficult They were given some automotive parts in plastic c bags From these they were to assemble re-assemble a carburetor carburetor carburetor car car- a fuel pump and md the distributor After this was done donethey donethey donethey they had to find out why the tile car wouldn't run The youths figured out that on their particular particular particular ular auto some of the wires ires were disconnected and some were n mixed up the valves were out of adjustment and tile Hie timing timing tim tim- ing was off oU AND HOW 1101 long d did d it take these Ulese two student mechanics cs to They are Dennis Barker Layton Laylon left and Dan Loertscher Loertscher Loertscher Loert Loert- Farmington right Both are wearing the jackets presented them at the contest and the trophy they were awarded as third place winners is shown on the ground between the two cars figure all these problems out outI I and have the car in operation Exactly one hour and 44 min utes Both students have actually had just two years of formal schooling in auto mechanics but have been tinkering at it since we were ten or twelve years old They ar both holding holding hold hold- ing down jobs U this s summer but expect to use their scholarships beginning ne next 1 fall Dennis plans to major in Industrial Technology at the Utah State University and his team mate plans to attend the Brigham Young University bf I |