RAY: Hi, we're back. You're listening to Car Talk with us, Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers. And we're here to discuss cars, car repair and the new Puzzler.

TOM: I can hardly wait.

RAY: Did I ever tell you about Crusty's wedding?

TOM: No. I didn't even know Crusty was married.

RAY: Oh, Crusty's been married, like, five times.

TOM: No.

RAY: Yes. Anyway, on the occasion of his most recent wedding, he had to take a long trip to meet his bride-to-be.

TOM: Yeah.

RAY: And, you know, the arrangements had been made.

TOM: If she dies, she dies--is that mentioned there? No?

RAY: No, no. And it was important that he get there. It was quite a distance away. I think it was in someplace like Unadilla, New York.

TOM: Wow. That's nowhere.

RAY: So, he thought it was important that he would take his most reliable car, and he didn't want to be late, because she told him, "If you're late for the wedding, then it's off. Absolutely off," and it's not every day that a geezer like him gets to marry a teenager.

TOM: Tell me about it.

RAY: So, anyway, he fires up his most reliable car, his '65 Falcon, and he makes his way. Through Massachusetts, onto Route 7 in New York.

TOM: Yeah.

RAY: And he's bebopping along and all's right with the world, and THMP. The car backfires and dies, and he coasts to the side of the road. And he realizes immediately that his points have burnt out. And he says, "Oh, shucks. If only I had another set of points." And he opens the glove box, and there, to his amazement, is a brand-new set of ignition points.

TOM: Oh, I thought you were going to say a salami sandwich.

RAY: That too. And as luck would have it, his entire tool kit is in the glove box. Consists of a screwdriver, a hammer and a jackknife. So, he opens the hood. Takes off the distributor cap and proceeds to remove the little screw that holds the points in.

TOM: Don't tell me he dropped it?

RAY: He deftly removes the screw, installs the new points...and drops the screw. Where does it go? Where it always goes. Inside the distributor.

TOM: Inside the distributor.

RAY: And he can't get it out. He can see it. He can even touch it with his screwdriver, but he can't get it out. He says, Oh, my God, what am I going to do?" Runs to the trunk, opens the trunk, and he finds in there the kind of stuff you usually find in the trunk.

TOM: Another salami sandwich.

RAY: A jack. A salami sandwich. The jack. Oh, at first he considers jacking up the car and tipping it over onto its roof. And if he were to do that the screw would fall out.

TOM: Sure.

RAY: But he dismisses that possibility, because it might damage the paint.

TOM: Yeah.

RAY: He finds a 50-pound bag of dog food. He says, "Hmmm. Dog food. I don't even own a dog." He finds a junky old lamp that he bought at a garage sale--this was to be the wedding present for his teenage bride-to-be--and a gallon of Filippo Berio extra virgin olive oil.

TOM: The usual stuff.

RAY: Using one or a combination of these things...

TOM: He is able to extricate...

RAY: He manages to extricate the screw from its hiding place.

TOM: Inside.

RAY: Inside the distributor within a matter of minutes.

TOM: Wow.

RAY: And he does not tip the car over on its roof.

TOM: All right. A jack.

RAY: Your standard bumper jack.

TOM: A bag of dog food.

RAY: Yeah, Iams 50 pounds.

TOM: Iams 50 pounds.

RAY: Or Yourms.

TOM: Doesn't have a dog. An old lamp.

RAY: Yeah.

TOM: A salami sandwich.

RAY: And a gallon of Filippo Berio extra virgin olive oil.

TOM: Extra virgin olive oil. And using one or more of these items...

RAY: Yes.

TOM: And the screwdriver, the knife and whatever else.

RAY: And his entire tool kit.

TOM: And the hammer.

RAY: Right. The screwdriver, the jackknife and the hammer.

TOM: The entire kit. It's beautiful.

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