His hair was long, stringy, the burnt bronze of old motor oil.

The air-conditioner in the bedroom has the same old motor.

He launched his car straight for The Shadow, giving the old motor all the power it had.

The sound of its old motor faded into little putt-putts in the distance.

Now my old motor used to leak oil.

He pulled again, and the old motor caught.

She looked at her interviewer, smiled, then said: "But for now, the old motor is still turning over.

Though the old motor is slowing down, that's for sure.

"I like the smell of the wood varnish and figuring out how to maintain the old motors."

She once had a wooden boat with an old motor.