Thread: Rip off of the week

I'm from the days of twin carb Mini Coopers, MG's (the real ones...not the Chinese ones), big old Wolseley 6/99 and 6/110, etc.
No sweat to clean and tune twin carbs.
But try and find some one these days to do that work, or to get a good old quadrajet running right. As @trapperjohn said...'no diagnosis port....'.
So the modern parts swappers (they aren't 'mechanics' any more) don't know what to do.
Mind you, I'd not like to work on a modern car. Too many computers, electrical gear, and stuff under the bonnet now. Try and fix that out on the road at night when it stops working.
Favourite car to work on for me was the Ford model A, and the sidevalve V8's. Those old buggers just went and went.
We lived in the best of times but didn't know it back then.