Ron Parker - Car Mechanic Instructor

CAMERAS DIALOGUE SOUND TAPE 15

EAMONN:

(on 1) BETWEEN THE TWIST AND YOUR OTHER ACTIVITIES IT`S NO WONDER THAT

ZOOM YOU ARE ONE OF THE BEST CUSTOMERS OF THE REPAIR DEPARTMENT AT

TO 2/sh ROEHAMPTON BUT YOU SET ABOUT REDUCING THE WEAR AND TEAR BY TAKING ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE.

114 4 STILL: SUBJECT IN GO-KART

EAMONN:

A VISIT TO TRING RACE TRACK GIVES YOU YOUR FIRST TASTE OF DRIVING, AT THE WHEEL OF A GO-KART.

115 3 AFTER THAT EXPERIENCE YOU MAKE A BIG DECISION. UNTIL NOW A TAXI HAS TAKEN YOU TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY BUT PARTLY FROM THE MANY

EAMONN/ GIFTS THAT FLOWED IN WHEN YOUR COURAGE AFTER YOUR ACCIDENT BECAME KNOWN, YOU SET ABOUT BUYING A CAR OF YOUR OWN. BUT FIRST YOU WANT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT WHAT GOES ON UNDER THE BONNET.

THERE YOUR LOCAL YOUTH CLUB, THE HI-FI, CAN HELP. AT YOUR FIRST CLASSES THERE, THOUGH, YOUR INSTRUCTOR`S DOUBTFUL THAT YOU`LL BE ABLE TO DO MUCH ON THE PRACTICAL SIDE.

RON PARKER:

119 2 THE FIRST TIME I SAW HIM WAS ABOUT THREE YEARS BACK. HE CAME ALONG TO THE GARAGE WHERE I WORKED AND ASKED IF HE COULD HAVE SOME EMPTY OIL DRUMS. HE WAS IN HIS WHEELCHAIR AT THE TIME AND WE WERE PUZZLED ABOUT WHY HE WANTED THEM.

120 3 EAMONN: AND WHAT WAS THE REASON?

MCU SUBJECT (on 3)

PARKER:

WELL, IT TURNED OUT THAT HE WANTED TO MAKE A RAFT TO REPLACE THE ONE HE`D HAD BEFORE HIS ACCIDENT.

EAMONN:

120a THE NEXT TIME HE MET YOU WAS WHEN HE CAME TO YOU AT THE CLUB FOR CAR MAINTENANCE LESSONS, AND AS YOU`VE TOLD US HE LEARNED EVERYTHING YOU COULD TEACH HIM.

PARKER:

120b 2 HES. IN SPITE OF HIS HAND HE MANAGED ALL THE TRICKY JOBS ON AN ENGINE AND HE COULD TAKE ONE TO PIECES AND PUT IT TOGETHER AGAIN BEFORE HE BOUGHT HIS CAR.

EAMONN:

120c 3 THAT CAR, OF COURSE, HAD TO HAVE A LOT OF SPECIAL ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO IT BEFORE DAVID COULD DRIVE?

PARKER:

121 2

YES. THE CHOKE AND THE STARTER SWITCHES HAD TO BE MOVED OVER THE TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE AND HE HAD TO HAVE A SPECIAL DRIVING HAND MADE WITH A CUP IN THE PALM THAT FITTED OVER A PROJECTION IN THE STEERING WHEEL.

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