Re: 600w............enough is enough!
One of the problems as I see it, Is the newbies (Me for one) tend to look upon our vintage iron as a real and precious antique that must be pampered. Hell when these cars were new, no one thought they were anything but cheap and fairly reliable transportation. Not to mention the lack of finances during the depression and the rationing of oil during the war. Maintenance was sketchy at best in most cases. But now they're old and venerable. It's only natural that we'd want the best of care for them. Not being around in 1930 it's hard to keep it in mind that the worst of today's lubricants is better then the best of the 20s and 30s and 40s. And we want to believe! Many of us are suckers for anything "new and Improved" and with today's improvements in oil technology, we can get "Magic in a bottle". Of course it's rarely as "magical" as the advertising would have us believe. Steam Cylinder Oil? what's that about? Sounds like something they used on the Mississippi steam boats of a century ago! 600W ? It's got to be more like peanut butter, than oil! Surely one of the "Magical" concoctions has got to be better. So we ask, and ask, and ask! Not realizing that we could probably just throw the junk that our grandfathers threw in there and it would be fine!
Terry
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