The simple act of removing
the cap from an overheated
car radiator can lead to pain-
ful, sometimes disfiguring,
scalds and burns.

» Cooling systems in modern.
autos are often under such
tremendous pressure that

the sudden. de-pressurization... .c¢ t
heating .subsides!: You may
have to wait several minutes

which occurs when the safe-
ty radiator cap. is removed
can cause a cloud of scalding
“steam to erupt into the face
of the person removing the
cap. i

KEEP YOUR COOL -
When your. car loses "its
- cool, you’re heading for trou-
~. ble — and. it may be expen- ~
a sive. Avoid trouble by making.
» Sure your car’s fanbelt, radi-...
. ator. and’ hoses’ are in’ good -
— condition, - and that coolant.

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Famous Art Galleries Auction Vintage Cars

Get Fantastic Prices for “Antiques”

You may think there’s something funny about old cars you encounter
on the highway. But not so, for famous art and antique dealers. If well
cared for the cars can bring fantastic prices.

Seme 200 collectors showed up racently at prestigious Parke-Berne?
galleries in New York, where Rembrandts are sold, at a couple of million
a throw, for a Vintage Car Auction. Among the cars on which they bid

If your car’s engine over-
heats, steam or smoke

‘emerges from under the

hood, cr you detect:a smell of
burning rubber, stop driving
as soon as safely possible.

Then turn. off. the ignition.

. Dont release the radiator .

cap until all evidence of over-

for it to cool. .
You should also. protect

your hand by wearing a glove

or applying a heavy padding

“of rags between your hand _
and the radiator cap. 8.
Tf the cap has a pressure

release device (such asa:

~Jever, .a button, ora. turn

Knob) , activate it to allow

any € excess steam to dissipate |

‘itself. 3
Tarn the ‘cap >in a ‘counter-.
clockwise. direction. until: you
_feel the seal release. When
: ‘the hissing. ‘sound. subsides,

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a total of $135,006 for, were a 1909 Melntyre, a 1971
Hupmobile and. a 1913 Crow Elkart.

Joseph E. Levine, the movie producer, successfully bid
$18,000 for a 1934 Packard. He also bid on a 1908
Metz roadster with «a folding buggy-type top and a
12-horsepower, fwo-cylinder engine.

If. it is mecessary to-add
water to the radiator, do so
with the engine. running!
Add water very slowly so it
can warm up in the radiator
before passing into ‘the. en-
gine block..If water is add-
ed too quickly, the: abrupt
change in temperature could

crack the engine. block.
Following. an. overheating :
experience, -your- car’s.. cool-.:

ing system. should be thor-
oughly inspected. by an ex-
perienced ' mechanic. “Over-

heating can seriously damage

metal. parts.

‘NOT DIRT CHEAP
A dirty, air cleaner on your

“.car’s engine can cost you up.
.to thirty-two dollars a year:

-in wasted gasoline — to say
‘nothing of extra engine wear

from > added grime. ‘Let your...
“engine breathe easy —-‘check »
a the carburetor. air cleaner.
“often’and. replace when rec~ Q

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SIDNEY REVIEW Wednesday, August 12, 1970. 7A

Dave Anderson — Lessee Dealer

West Saanich Road at Verdier
Phone 652-1713

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