Same thing happened to me with new Champion C59. Champions are no longer
in my toolbox.
# 69 GT6+
John Reed
Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
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"kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>
Sent by: owner-fot@autox.team.net
10/08/05 11:21 AM
Please respond to
"kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>
To
"Gary" <vintage.racer@comcast.net>, <fot@autox.team.net>
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Subject
Re: Interesting Catalog
The Lodge plugs were rather interesting. You could disassemble them with
a
couple wrenches. Easy to clean. I used them for a while, then one night
I
opened the hood with engine running and it looked like the Aurora Borealis
under hood. End of Lodge plugs.
Good for one thing though, you take them apart, throw away the innards,
then
weld an air fitting to the shell and then you have a tool to screw into a
combustion chamber, attach to the air compressor and you can change the
valves
springs without taking off the head. The air pressure holding the valves
closed. Lots better than using a piece of rope to pack up the area of the
combustion chamber as you did that job. My first helmet was one of those
Cromwell cork specials. Heavy as the devil. As I remember it was $100 for
a
complete Hepolite kit of four pistons and sleeves 87mm.
----- Original Message -----
From: Gary
To: fot@autox.team.net
Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 10:20 AM
Subject: Interesting Catalog
Hello:
A friend of mine loaned me an interesting document - the 1957 British
Auto
Parts catalog complete with all sorts of parts and accessories... and
prices.
Did you know that Lodge had a platinum tip spark plug back then? Yup,
sold
for $3.55 each. For the safety minded race driver, you could buy the
"famous"
Seagraves crash helmet, "the latest word in construction, comfort, style
and
appearance. Covered with white leather, magnificently finished
throughout.
Price....$$27.50." Or how about a new tonneau cover for $31.95;
convertible
tops for $42.95; or maybe you need some new John Bull fan belts or
rubber
hoses; Vandervell bearings for $6.85; Hepolite pistons for your TR at
$10.00
each. Oh those were the days.
Gary
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