# Vintage Car Mechanics **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [May 24, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vintage-car-mechanics/85151 "2014-05-24T19:47:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 6:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vintage-car-mechanics/85151/21 "2014-05-26T06:17:29Z")
yah, it’s those old guys who kept up to date who have to teach the young whipper snappers what they never learned in school…or on the computer… common sense. priceless ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 6:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vintage-car-mechanics/85151/22 "2014-05-26T06:25:57Z")
I just hope when my hair is all gray, I’m not one of the guys taking the dead blow hammer to the scanner . . . ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vintage-car-mechanics/85151/23 "2014-05-26T17:07:43Z")
Not common sense, but experience. Can’t beat it. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vintage-car-mechanics/85151/24 "2014-05-27T00:40:15Z")
Just find someone in their late 40’s or older. Old enough to work on carburetors and points. ---
**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 4:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vintage-car-mechanics/85151/25 "2014-05-27T04:37:36Z")
Until two years ago, I owned a 1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon that I purchased new. There was no computer to plug in a scanner and get a read out. This deficiency can be overcome by a mechanic who can reason. When the car was “only” 14 years old, I took it to a tune-up shop with a great reputation. My son was going to use the car to commute to a summer job about 70 miles away (he would come home on week-ends). The proprietor of the shop personally worked on the car. He used a 'scope to analyze the ignition, but spent all kinds of time making adjustments. The bill was very modest. When I protested that he charged too little, his response was “I love working on these old cars. I can actually do something with them”. Find an old time mechanic who loves engines. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 5:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vintage-car-mechanics/85151/26 "2014-05-27T05:29:49Z")
If you don’t find a mechanic through the parts store’s or the mechanix files on this site, you might look into using angie’s list. My dad used them to find a great contractor for his deck but they also have Auto repair shops as part of their service. AAA might have some suggestions too. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vintage-car-mechanics/85151.md?page=1)