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Re: Vertical (Downdraft) SU's

To: "Rob Reilly" <Rob_Reilly@admail.fnal.gov>
Subject: Re: Vertical (Downdraft) SU's
From: Berry Kercheval <kerch.PARC@xerox.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1993 07:44:46 PST
>>Nope- this is the SU design of the 30's. My '34 MG has aluminium SU's >with
>*brass* pistons, and a cap marked something like "Few drops oil >weekly". The
>oil damper and return spring were introduced in the late >30's or 40's.

Another datapoint:  My '51 Mk VI Bentley has side-draft SU's with brass pistons 
and NO SPRINGS!
It does have dampers though.

  --berry


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