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5 The instinct of many drivers of liquid fuel trucks, when faced with poor performance or failure to start, was to pull the carburettor to pieces. This formed the refrain to a Ballade of multiple authorship:
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Prince, the dammed truck has stopped again,
The crew resume the old vendetta
Crouching low upon the wing,
With pliers on the carburettor
REFERENCES
1. Davies T. The Friends Ambulance Unit. Allen and Unwin, London 1947 for the Council of the Friends Ambulance Unit.
2. Clarke, G. S. "The Use of Gas as a Fuel for Motor Vehicles". Institution of Automobile Engineers, November, 1939.
3. Goldman and Clarke Jones. "The Modern Gas Producer". Institute of Fuel, December 1938.