Penske PC-7 196 Posted January 5 If you, or someone you love is fighting those pesky wheel ants, maybe this will solve the problem. 😉 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TerryB 656 Posted January 5 In my 50 plus years of driving I have NEVER had a problem with wheel ants, lots of other stuff but never ants! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GregLaR 626 Posted January 5 PC-7, Is this ad real? I've come across some goofy stuff but this one takes the cake! Greg 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Penske PC-7 196 Posted January 5 If you are unfortunate enough to have them spread from your wheel into your garage/house, the only option is to call this guy: 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joe_padavano 733 Posted January 5 "Automotive grade insecticide" A term I never thought I'd hear. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Henderson 141 Posted January 5 Maybe it would work on tin worms too. 2 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John_S_in_Penna 1,535 Posted January 5 I'm sure it's just a joke from that era-- a good one, too. Wheels thrown out of balance? Notice that the wheels that he's spraying are metal! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CHuDWah 92 Posted January 5 And then there are those pesky metal-mites that eat holes in your car's steel - especially prevalent in snowy climates and along seacoasts. 🤣 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spinneyhill 936 Posted January 6 DOT 3 insecticide? Eh? I thought DOT 3 concerned brakes! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brass is Best 714 Posted January 6 (edited) Then be sure to check the blinker fluid and grease the muffler bearings! Edited January 6 by Brass is Best (see edit history) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rusty_OToole 1,049 Posted January 6 My guess is that back in the fifties that illustration was done to show someone spraying soap or cleaning solution on wire wheels. Recently someone found it and thought it would be funny to change it into a 'wheel ant' cartoon. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Penske PC-7 196 Posted January 6 (edited) On 1/5/2019 at 4:10 PM, GregLaR said: PC-7, Is this ad real? I've come across some goofy stuff but this one takes the cake! Greg Greg, I don't know the origin of the insecticide ad. It was part of an email sent to me by a friend that contained various automobilia. The exhaust pipe vacuum cleaner attachment that someone recently posted on the forum and the "Flare O Flames" ad that I posted in the judging section were also part of the email, along with the ads below. My retort to the last ad is " if she wrecks, the Rambler will NEVER need a chassis lube, and the kid will be in heaven." 😲 Edited January 7 by Penske PC-7 (see edit history) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oily rag 48 Posted January 6 Oil was often sprayed or drizzled on driveways to keep dust down and kill weeds. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jackofalltrades70 853 Posted January 6 Even in the late 80’s in Arkansas we would spray used motor oil on the underside of some customers cars and then drive them down a dusty road. Never had any problems with rusted hardware if ever needed to remove anything. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
54vicky 20 Posted January 6 to quote archie bunkers theme song those were the days Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vila 79 Posted January 6 Isn't this what we call recycling today? The oil originally came out of the ground and they are just putting it back so someone else can pump it back out of the ground again in the future. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GregLaR 626 Posted January 6 Penske, agreed, the kid would never make it. pretty funny stuff by today's standards. And I was the one who posted the exhaust vacuum cleaner! 😄 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spinneyhill 936 Posted January 6 The OP might have been posted as part of a "caption this picture" competition. Nothing new there! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ragtop4two 79 Posted January 6 I would think that if ants were big enough to throw the balance off you would need a shot gun instead of insecticide. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SC38DLS 491 Posted January 6 Maybe they were thinking of the ants from the movie called “Them” from the 50’s. I know I’m dating myself. Dave S 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xander Wildeisen 946 Posted January 6 Youtube has the trailer for the movie. Scary stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
intimeold 73 Posted January 6 The pic of the Pontiac seats, caption, and the kid on the rear deck; could and surely would get you arrested today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
capngrog 454 Posted January 6 Worse than wheel ants, lug lice, transmission ticks, motor moths or even carburetor butterflies, is the dreaded "Spider-With-A-Wooden-Leg" (SWAWL), the most elusive, ill-natured and unpropitious of all mechanical bugs. I'm chasing one right now that is making its home in my newly installed tri-power set up ... the SWAWL is winning. Speaking of the 1954 movie, "Them": it's one of my favorite movies of all time. The production values of that movie are extraordinary for a movie of that period, and despite its horror movie theme has some great characters in the form of old cars, trucks etc. I have the movie on DVD and watch it every year or so. When I first saw the movie in 1954 I was a 10 year old boy living in the small Georgia town of Winder. It was dark when the late Saturday matinee let out, and I had to walk home from the theater. It was only about a one or two mile walk, and the first part of the walk was fine, along a well-travelled road with an occasional house and street lights. Turning down the road to my house, I left the light and all civilization behind to walk between recently-harvested open fields. Whatever evil insects were living in the fields were purposely making sounds just like the giant ants in "Them". Needless to say, from that point on, "I Ran All The Way Home" (apologies to the Impalas). Cheers, Grog 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
