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Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

We were just discussing "hop up" tricks on another thread, and I was reminded of something that would fit here as well:

The discussion was installing "weaker mechanical advance springs" in a reworked distributor -

Remember those cloth hand towel machines that were in the men's rest room of the day (the ones that were a continuous loop)? You'd give them a little tug like a window shade, and they would present the next section of "clean" towel for your use.

Dad and his buddies discovered that there were little springs inside those, that were perfect for replacing the mechanical advance springs in the distributor.

He said, at one point, you couldn't find a bathroom in Pontiac or at Chevrolet Manufacturing where the towel rack worked. They'd just go "bzzzzzttttt" and the whole length of towel would end up on the floor......

Originally Posted by robz

LOL! Now THAT is funny!

Originally Posted by Old Goat 67

Is that called "Necessity is the mother of invention." Or, would that word be procurement?

Charles

That takes a very creative mind to wonder how a towell dispensor works.

So how did the word get out? hmm I would have kept that secret to myself.

I like your walking stick. I may need something like that in a few years. Arthur is rearing his ugly head in my right ankle. uggh

Great story Keith thanks for sharing

patrick