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29/12/2009 11:26 am
AH! Ballast Resistors, I remember them well.
Once I started carrying a spare in the car I never lost another one. Same principle worked on my VW camper. After having the clutch cable replaced for the 3rd time, I bought two, kept the second one in the camper - never broke again!
Thankfully parts were inexpensive back then.
29/12/2009 12:06 pm
One time when my balist resister zonked out...I used a large paper clip in its place, the current ran through the paper clip and started the car. However, once it was turned off, I needed to get the balist resister. It was a neat trick though, that worked in the emergency. 
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
29/12/2009 12:07 pm
By 1973, I think Chrysler was having reliability issues.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
29/12/2009 12:17 pm
Brilliant field repair! ......................
Try that with a modern car and you'll smoke something expensive! :)) I've got to second Jim McDonald's comment below. Once I put a spare in the glovebox, I don't recall ever needing one again!
29/12/2009 12:48 pm
Full Size Corvettes
Here in Rochester Michigan, you have to be over 60 to own a Corvette. At the local Corvette meeting they show you how to put your intravenous bag where the car washer bottle used to be!
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