[TR] Auto products - sadly not Triumph

[Ann and Tim Buja]

John Macartney asked,

> QUERY TWO. "uncle jack" was also eqipped in his toolkit with quite
> the best artificial chamois washleather I've *ever* used. It was
> fantastic, but time and a fading memory makes the brand-name elusive.
> I bought two from a Pep-Boys outlet to bring home but somehow they
> never made it into our luggage.
> Maybe they're still lurking in "uncle jack's" boot (Phil Ethier?) and
> if so, keep 'em :)

and Phil Ethier replied
: There is one of them, in a sort of squarish clear-plastic tube.  Don't
: remember what the name printed on it is.

This sounds like "The Absorber". In case the link doesn't survive word wrap,
a Google search on "emgee marketing" will give this as one of the top links:
https://www.acehardwareoutlet.com/%2835y0cc553hrtq33tw0o4ppjg%29/productDeta
ils.aspx?SKU=87679

Same color as a hide chamois, but it absorbs a lot more water.  It's stored
wet in a translucent plastic tube that's D shaped.  I first started seeing
them in 1995 when we hosted the VTR Convention in Rockford.

It's made in Japan, with the package design trademarked by Shima American
Corporation.  My package says is was distributed by Emgee(!) Marketing in
Clarendon Hills, IL.

I use them for car washing and boat cleaning, and I think swimmers and
divers use them as a superabsorbent towel that you can wring out and use
over and over again.

Highly recommended, and I wouldn't be surprised if Joe included it in UJ's
toolkit.

Tim Buja - Rockford, IL - 80 TR8, 73 Stag, 72 TR6