Comic Book Auto Mechanic Knowledge | Spark Plugs

Aside from wrenching on cars and managing a blog, one of my hobbies is collecting comics. And between all of them, the ones I like the most are, without a doubt, those old hot rod and racing comics from the ’50s.

Maybe it’s the retro feeling or maybe I miss the time when you could just build a frame from scratch, drop a big block on it and drive a chopped-top/open-wheels hot road with flaming side pipes on the road and nobody would care about it.

These guys weren’t tuners… They were builders!

Anyway, in some of those cars-related comics, once every couple edition, they used to dedicate 1 or 2 pages to general automotive advice and basic auto mechanics notions and some of them are simply pure gold.

I tried to gather the best ones I have and I will post one every once in a while!

P.s: Keep in mind that these comics were intended to be read by kids and yes, if you are a full-fledged auto mechanic yourself, this is probably not news to you but it’s still interesting to take a minute to think of an era that is long gone now and to realize what it must have been to work as a mechanic in those days…

Enjoy!

Important stuff right there!

It’s interesting to see that things haven’t changed that much in a way. Spark plugs have evolved a lot since then and they are now little pieces of high-technology but the principle remains the same. Notice how they explain that a hotter plug would be perfect for engines burning a lot of oil. At least, some things change. Burning consumption is definitely less a problem now than it was in the before times.

Anyway, I hope you liked it!

Next time friend!