[AT] Old spark plus found/now battery

[charlie hill]

My dad ran a service station up until 1959.  As best I remember his new 
batteries came dry and he added acid to them when he installed them in 
someone's car or truck.

Charlie Hill

-----Original Message----- 
From: Charlie V
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 8:37 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Old spark plus found/now battery

As you did, Dudley, I worked in a filling station part time starting
in '57.  I never heard of this refrigeration plan either, but we were
an Esso station.  The oil company kept very tight  control over the
inventory the lessee had on his shelves.  Esso even had a fit if any
real mechanical work was in one of the bays.  I put a clutch in the
bosses truck and changed an engine in my '51 Ford. The boss got a real
bad time about those activities, but for once he stood up to Esso.
Note:  The boss was not mechanical.  He sold baby shoes before he took
the station. Esso thought the bays should be available at all times to
sell only the products they sold, such as motor oil, filters, tires,
batteries and accessories.  Between the high rent and restrictions
like that, it is no wonder many operators went out of business in a
year or so.  After that I worked on a dairy farm part time for a year
to finish out my high school career.  About the only tractor driving
in that job was for bringing silage  from the pits, cleaning the barn
and spreading manure.  Being the only kid in the barn, it did not take
long for that activity to become part of my daily routine.  It was
good honest work to make enough cash to keep my car on the road and I
felt fortunate to have it. Being a small rural village,   (about 900
population) not a lot of jobs were available for school kids.

Charlie V.



On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 7:23 PM,  <drupert at seanet.com> wrote:

> Charlie,
>
> Yes, guite intesting indeed.  I've heard it said (and more than once) that
> cold weather was/is hard on batteries ... this article would seem to
> squelch that.  I am trying to remember where I was in March of 56 - I
> guess in high school and working in a filling station some Saturdays and
> evenings after school.  I can't recall hearing about this idea back then.
>
> Dudley
> Snohomish, WA
>
>
>> Following the Bowers Spark plug search led to this.  Quite interesting
>> thought, weather true or not.
>>
>>
>> http://scienceservice.si.edu/pages/003016.htm
>>
>> Charlie V.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Charlie V <1cdevill at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> John,
>>>
>>> No Clue, but here are a couple of Google hits.
>>>
>>> Ebay  Item number:      330549891549
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.amazon.com/Battery-Beechcraft-Executive-Transport-Aircraft/dp/B001KVWI4O
>>>
>>> Charlie V
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 1:21 PM, John Wilkens <jwilkens at eoni.com> wrote:
>>>> Cleaning shop yesterday I came across 3 new "Bower 18C" spark plugs
>>>> in the box.  Anyone heard of them or know what they were used for--or
>>>> what modern plugs they are similar to?    ' John
>>>> W.         PS:  Still raining in E. Oregton but I finally did get the
>>>> oats planted!
>>>>
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