Getting a ’41 Dodge on the Road Again

A Highland Park reader named Herman is trying to locate a mechanic who can install the wheel cylinders for a 1941 Dodge sedan; he has the wheel cylinder and also the master cylinder but not the installation expertise. Can you help with this “sedentary” problem, or will things in Highland Park never again run on all four cylinders?

An anonymous reader would like the name and address of a firm that repairs cigarette lighters. Can you help light up our reader’s life, or will this be another dream that goes up in smoke?

Vicente Flores of Los Angeles, who has a hearing impediment, needs a telephone with a red light that lights up when the phone rings. The phone companies he contacted don’t carry these instruments. Can you help, or will Flores never know when somebody’s trying to reach out to him?

Alberta Akers of Lomita would like to find some Abano bath oil, made by Prince Matchabelli. Can you help save Akers’ skin, or will this be one situation in which she’ll have to take a bath?

Reader-to-Reader Help Line: Mrs. Miller at (213) 670-3278 needs the round metal piece for putting up a 52-inch outdoor table; she has the two curved legs and umbrella. The table was bought about 30 years ago. Please help, so that Mrs. Miller can’t say the outdoor life is no picnic for her. . . . June at (213) 431-8387 would love to complete a set of Samsonite luggage that has been discontinued for years; specifically, she needs the garment bag in colonnade (or cobalt) blue. Please help make June the best-equipped bag lady flying the friendly skies. . . . Elaine at (818) 360-6498, who says she is a first-grade teacher (which may or may not be the same as teaching first grade), is looking for copies of My First Dictionary; The Beginner’s Picture Word Book, published by Grosset & Dunlap but no longer available through regular channels.

Note: The Reader-to-Reader Help Line is only for one-time items and for products that are no longer available in stores. And you must give us written permission to publish your telephone number, so that other readers may contact you directly.

Let’s hope that Mrs. Philip Federgreen of Palm Springs, who was trying to locate a triangular-shape waste basket, may not find herself running around in circles. The only suggestion we received came from Mrs. J. Arrowood of San Gabriel, who recommended that Federgreen check out some office-supply stores.

Larry Hathaway of Burbank, who was looking for unusual thermometers, should try and keep cool. Kate Reeves of Fullerton, who is a registered nurse, says what Hathaway is looking for seems to resemble laboratory thermometers. The best place for these, she says, is medical-supply houses such as American Hospital Supply. They cost from $6 to about $10 and come with their own cover.

Mrs. Leo Rhodes of Palos Verdes, who was trying to keep warm under some electric sheets (they resemble electric blankets but the wiring is in the sheet fabric) should soon be feeling snug and comfy. F. Dent of Los Angeles writes that electric sheets are manufactured and serviced by Patented Products Corp., Electro Warmth for Sleeping Comfort, Danville, Ohio 43014, telephone (614) 599-6842. According to Dent, the price was about $32 a few years ago.

But perhaps Rhodes wants to go the do-it-yourself route? V. C. Kidd of Oceanside sent us an advertisement from Starcrest of California, 19465 Brennan Ave., Perris, Calif. 92379, advertising thermal sheets that operate without electricity; your own body heat does the trick. Twin sizes are $4.99, double sizes are $5.99, and king sizes are $6.99.