Joys and Tribulations Of the Horseless Carriage

Saturday, 31 January 2009 19:00

Cars were a summer-time thing in the early years of the automobile age. Every winter they were jacked up and laboriously prepared for indoor storage, with batteries and wheels removed, inner tubes carefully folded and tucked away. Parts were removed, checked, cleaned, greased and replaced. Old Dobbin then pulled the family sleigh on snowy roads and streets. When cars emerged again in spring, they were started with hand cranks, and no prudent driver set forth without a towrope. Old Dobbin might be called upon again.