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Interesting spark plug finds at Hershey

Post by Terry_007 » Thu Oct 17, 2019 9:54 pm

Hershey is always a treasure hunt for us spark plug collectors. I found a nice batch this year including some NOS plugs and insulators for the Ts.
Managed to find some NOS in the box Ford Script brass top Champion insulators as well as some of the early straight sided Chamption X insulators. They were quite reasonable too. I know a lot of you also collect plugs, even if it's on a small scale, but would like to see pics of what you managed to find in the market this year.
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Re: Interesting spark plug finds at Hershey

Post by Wayne Sheldon » Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:08 pm

Some interesting stuff in there! Spark plugs have always been interesting, so many silly notions tried over the years, the artistic care in which they made them look so nice. Truly works of the era's art!

I won't ask how many you have now.

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Re: Interesting spark plug finds at Hershey

Post by Steve Jelf » Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:29 pm

I have enough brass hats, so I passed on those, but I picked up nine straight-sided X cores (insulator with hardware), a few ribbed take-apart Xes, an Edison 14, another of the cream-colored Splitdorfs, a few short bases, a Monkey Ward's and a couple of Horseshoes. If I'm a plug collector, it's on a very small scale. My modest goal is to have full working sets of several brands. Currently I'm running a set of the cream Splitdorfs.

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Re: Interesting spark plug finds at Hershey

Post by John kuehn » Fri Oct 18, 2019 10:28 am

Steve you mentioned of having a few working sets of plugs. Just wondering if you have a set of T Blue Crowns. I have 3 I’ve found and eventually maybe I can find another. They were pretty good plugs and and were in business for years making all kinds. The blue rings on them look really cool if you like that sort of thing.

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Post by Steve Jelf » Fri Oct 18, 2019 11:11 am

Nope, no Blue Crowns yet. I did finally get around to shooting some pictures of last week's plugs and parts from Hershey.

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Re: Interesting spark plug finds at Hershey

Post by Terry_007 » Sat Oct 19, 2019 11:43 am

Here is a box of plug cores I found over in the Chocolate field. I didn't buy them all, just the good Champions. Price was good as you can see.
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Post by R.V.Anderson » Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:43 pm

May be common as dirt but I've never seen a Wards Riverside plug.
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Re: Interesting spark plug finds at Hershey

Post by Dallas Landers » Sat Oct 19, 2019 10:33 pm

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Not found a Hershey but while we are on the subject. Has anyone run these" Gambles Deluxe" plugs? I think they are NOS as I see no wear on electrodes. I may give them a try. I was just looking for experienced opinions.

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Re: Interesting spark plug finds at Hershey

Post by Steve Jelf » Sat Oct 19, 2019 11:27 pm

I've never had one of those double electrode plugs. I'd like to put one in the tester and see if it really has two sparks.
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Post by Steve Jelf » Sat Oct 19, 2019 11:52 pm

I already had a Ward's plug, but it's not Riverside.

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Re: Interesting spark plug finds at Hershey

Post by George N Lake Ozark » Sun Oct 20, 2019 12:46 am

Martyn Vowell is a big Blue Crown fan don’t know the benefits


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Re: Interesting spark plug finds at Hershey

Post by Terry_007 » Sun Oct 20, 2019 10:25 am

"I've never had one of those double electrode plugs. I'd like to put one in the tester and see if it really has two sparks."

Short answer is no. Two ground electrodes (or more) with just one center electrode will always produce just a single spark, arching between it and closest ground electrode.

There were some plugs designed to produce two sparks but they had two terminals and two center electrodes. They were connected in series with a regular plug to produce the second spark. Not something you'd ever see in a Model T. Here is a link to discussion and info on these types of plugs that was on the AACA discussion forum a couple of years ago

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/315170-ch ... s-per-cyl/
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Re: Interesting spark plug finds at Hershey

Post by Will_Vanderburg » Sun Oct 20, 2019 11:40 am

I have a set of 4 Wards plugs. They run like crap
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Re: Interesting spark plug finds at Hershey

Post by Rich Eagle » Sun Oct 20, 2019 11:50 am

That is interesting Will. I ran a set of Wards plugs that ran quite well. I took them out to put in my plug display after a few trouble free years. I suppose all plugs give different service at different times.
It's always nice to see the old plugs. The variety never ends.
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Post by John kuehn » Sun Oct 20, 2019 3:15 pm

Don’t know if they are real rare but I haven’t seen anybody post any Wizards before. These were in my Grandfathers plug box when I inherited his 24 Coupe in 1959. These are the best 4 and surprisingly they work fine. Probably from the 40’s or 50’s since they aren’t 2 piece.
I assume they were a Western Auto product.
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Post by Rich Eagle » Sun Oct 20, 2019 3:38 pm

Hi John. In 50 years I have picked up these 3 Wizards but I don't remember any others. There are some on Ebay and some look much later.
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Re: Interesting spark plug finds at Hershey

Post by John kuehn » Sun Oct 20, 2019 3:50 pm

Thanks Rich for the post. I think Wizard was probably a cheaper plug than Champion. In other words sort of an off brand. The one piece plugs were cheaper than the take apart types I guess. There probably aren’t any 2 piece Wizards around.

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Post by Steve Jelf » Sun Oct 20, 2019 11:36 pm

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Looking into my box of other-brand plugs, I find that there are several Wizard versions for Model T, including a couple of semi-take-apart plugs, which are similar to brass hat Champion X in that the core can't be taken apart, but it can be removed from the base.
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Re: Interesting spark plug finds at Hershey

Post by Allan » Sun Oct 20, 2019 11:47 pm

The dual electrode plugs spark once, to the nearest contact. The advantage is that as the electrodes are eroded by the spark, they will switch between electrodes, thus making repeated re-gapping unnecessary. At least, that's what I was told. Others may have different theories.

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Re: Interesting spark plug finds at Hershey

Post by MdDWS » Thu Nov 28, 2019 4:40 pm

WTB I saw your artical about your finds at Hershey and was wondering if you had an AJ metzger box with or without S/Plug for sale? I have a plug and would like to have a box for it.DW Shanabrook@gmail.com or 419 447 5254 or 419 447 5254 or 419 937 6284

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