[AT] oil pressure

[Mark Greer]

>From the STP.com website

What does S.T.P. stand for?
S.T.P. stands for Scientifically Treated Petroleum. The roots of the STP®
brand stretch back to 1954.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Fink Sr" <nancydick at pennswoods.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] oil pressure


> At 09:56 PM 2/26/2007 -0500, you wrote:
> >Ralph, your last reminded me of a demonstration many years ago at
> >Michigan State Univ. Ag. Days. There was a v-8 engine on a test
> >stand with the pan off. You could see that there were no hidden
> >lines or anything of such. The engine was running at about 1/3
> >throttle and ran all day long. The "factory guy" would raise the
> >rpm's now and then just to get some more attention. Great sounding
> >muffler as I recall. I don't remember what the engine was coated
> >with for sure but I think it was the STP stuff. This was before it
> >was named STP.
> John i have been driving science in the 50 and don't remember it
> called any thing but STP       { i could be wrong} [[but it has never
> happened before]] =-O
> Was told by a old timer STP was Studebaker Trade Product. Never had
> any reason to question it i drove studs till they quit building them.
> now i am becoming an old timer i guess
> R Fink
>