Bejaysus Mr.Weeks, your post has just recalled a long forgotten incident from my childhood.
When at a summer camp in Scotland in the 1950s we were encouraged to make up a song.
The teacher informed us that the "Head" had a car, which he referred to as a "Flivver".
The song started as I recall "Mr.Knoll's's Flivver has a puncture in it's tyre...." and it went on to be mended by chewing gum if I recall correctly!

I just Googled "Flivver" and ....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_T   

Thanks for the memory!