Hello Bill, I can highly recommend the products of these two
manufacturers . From 1961 to 1965, I used ( or should say ABUSED ) a
Weber aluminum flywheel with a Scheifer Clutch setup on my 301" Chev powered
C / Gasser, usually " launching " at over 6000 RPM, and on numerous
occasions,
leaving at over 7500 RPM . I had already gone through a number of
stock
Chevrolet clutches of both styles, and didn't trust the stock flywheels
anymore as
things progressed ! I never experienced the slightest trouble from
either unit
in well over 100 runs, so needless to say I became a firm believer in their
ability
" to take a licking ----- and KEEP on ticking ! " I sold the engine
to a friend
who told me, several years later, he had rebuilt the motor, but was still
using the
same clutch / wheel in daily hard service in a truck , with no problems .
Since you mentioned their old catalog, I thought I'd tell you where I
bought
those parts ----- and quite a few other goodies, back then, by mail order
:
Honest Charlie's in Chattanooga, Tennessee !
----- we also had the pleasure of meeting him, and his lovely wife, "
Honest
Gracie ", at the Charlestown, Rhode Island drag strip, in fall of 1960 or '
61 .
They were visiting New England in their new " candy apple red " T
- Bird .
Again, I had great service from those parts, way back then, and would
not
hesitate to utilize them today . Good luck with your flathead ( actual
flathead
----- or Zora' s heads ? ) .
Bruce Ferguson on COLD
Connecticut shoreline
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