Posted by Sherman in Idaho [24.32.202.166] on Monday, March 18, 2013 at 00:50:55 :
In Reply to: Re: I don't know about that posted by pw58 [204.112.129.88] on Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 23:47:17 :
Didn't he also write "Cannery Row"? There's a lot in there about trying to drive somewhere in an old Model T and having to steal a carburetor jet from some other Model T and having to go up the steep hills in reverse because the forward gear band in the transmission was worn out, and other mechanical bits that made me think that if he hadn't worked on those rigs himself, he got "technical advice" from someone who had.