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RE: Oil - what kind?

To: "'Susan and Jack Brooks'" <tr3a@att.net>, fot@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Oil - what kind?
From: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 13:21:54 -0700
Yeah, I know, so where does that leave Kluntz? We used to call it Klutz. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Susan and Jack Brooks [mailto:tr3a@att.net] 
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 1:17 PM
To: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Oil - what kind?


Klotz, not Klutz

Jack

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fot@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Bill Babcock
> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 10:26 AM
> To: 'WEmery7451@aol.com'; kaskas@cox.net; 
> gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com; vinttr4@geneseo.net; fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Oil - what kind?
> 
> 
> As I recall that is actually called Klutz oil, a most
> unfortunate moniker from a branding standpoint. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WEmery7451@aol.com [mailto:WEmery7451@aol.com]
> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 7:07 AM
> To: kaskas@cox.net; gregmogdoc@surfnetusa.com; 
> vinttr4@geneseo.net; fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Oil - what kind?
> 
> 
> In a message dated 5/16/03 12:52:33 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> kaskas@cox.net 
> writes:
> 
> << I too am a Kendall guy. >>
> 
> I guess that most of the oil opinion returns are now in.
> After hearing about 
> the two Pennsylvania oils (Quaker State and Pennzoil) being 
> blown through the 
> same pipes and mixed together, I wonder how many differences 
> there are among 
> the mineral oils.  The only difference between Pennzoil and 
> Quaker State is 
> what is done to them at the end (maybe just different 
> containers).  Many 
> years ago, Quaker State was briefly taken off of the shelves 
> around here when 
> a bad batch got out and gummed up a bunch of engines.  I 
> imagine that the 
> synthetics are still being distributed in small enough 
> quantities that they 
> are still unique.  Most of the local car dealers and quick oil change 
> businesses are using Pennzoil.
> 
> I did have some relatively long lasting engines in past years
> (compared with 
> those of today) with nothing more than the stock oil systems. 
>  During these 
> years, I was using Big Daddy John Garlet's Kendall 20W/50 
> Racing Oil.  I 
> don't think that you can find it around here anymore.
> 
> Years ago, this teacher use to show up at Nelson Ledges with
> an ugly, beat
> 
> up, black bathtub Porch, which blew smoke.  This car was also
> very fast, and 
> had Kluntz Synthetic oil in it.  The teacher would get up in 
> the middle of
> 
> the night and put Kluntz decals on the Group 44 cars.  As
> someone asked 
> before, what type of oil did Group 44 use?  Since Kas is a 
> Kendall guy, they 
> must have used Kendall.
> 
> Finally, does the oil make that much difference, or is it the
> meticulous blue 
> printing of the engines along with the right skills and 
> facilities for a near 
> perfect assembly of them?

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