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Show Block and Cord Useful for Parking on Hills Every motorist who has had occasion occa-sion to change a tire or make repairs i while parked on a steep bill, knows J that stopping and getting under way again often is difficult and sometimes dangerous. The conventional practice is to block the wheels with a rock, perhaps leaving the rock in the road for other motorists to bruise tires on. The writer has solved this problem by the us-e of the block-and-cord mm Block-and-Cord Equipment for Autoi to Permit Easy Starting on . Steep Grades. equipment shown in the Illustration. With this, 1 can stop on a steep hill and block the car so that there Is no possibility of Its backing down. When ready to leave. I start In low gear am take the block with me. To nvold the possibility of scratching the car when putting the block In, I cover It with a few scraps of old carpet. It may bump the side but no damage will result. J. E. Iloag, Lop Angeles, Calif., In Popular Mechanics Magazine. Maga-zine. . I |