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Yes, we know this picture is posed, but there's something about these ladies that makes us think they regularly get their hands dirty fixing engines.  On the left we see a micrometer to measure the piston diameter for ovality.  In the middle she seems to be shining a torch to see if the tappets are worn? And on the right - with a kindly face and a wedding ring - she has successfully lifted the rear block of her 6 cylinder engine and is looking for wear in the gudgeon pin bush.
We know of several ladies who mend their own cars so hats off to all female fettlers and especially those who stop and help we men change a wheel at the side of the road.

Text Robin Batchelor, picture courtesy Library of Congress.

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donderdag oktober 20th, 2016
Onbekend
22 October 2016, 19:29
The women the measurers, the men the machinists?
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Onbekend
22 October 2016, 02:20
Or is she using a Vernier Caliper ?

Tony.
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Onbekend
21 October 2016, 17:41
I would not be at all surprised if this photo came from the period 1914-18, when women took over roles traditionally reserved for men
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Onbekend
21 October 2016, 13:12
Looks like the one on the left is holding a monkey wrench not a mic. The tappets are not on the top of the block either. Got all 3 wrong.
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Robin Batchelor
21 October 2016, 12:07
Thank you James, You're right and I stand corrected.
There are three sorts of people - those who can count and those who can't.
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Onbekend
21 October 2016, 11:51
The engine on the right is a 1911 or '12 EMF. The rear two cylinders are removed. The two outer ports are exhaust and the center port is intake for both cylinders. The give-away is the oil reservoir on the left side of the aluminum crankcase and the cast iron crankcase breather on the right.
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Onbekend
21 October 2016, 10:28
Both these engines appears to be four cylinder units, not six cylinder.
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