This is the title of a thread on another forum I frequent that is for technical and mechanical advice for vintage Chevrolets.

Someone wrote in the thread with the aforementioned title complaining that their 54 Chevy had a sudden loss of power.... and it turned out the distributor had 'somehow' gotten turned, retarding the ignition timing. Turning the damn thing back solved the problem.

Nostalgia set in and my reply began... sharing it here for lulz:

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