[Chrysler300] Helpful hint after you get twisted off

["Richard Barber" <c300@xxxxxxx>]

In about 1957, I twisted off a spark plug in a customer's hemi-engined New
Yorker and thought I was dead meat--assuming we would have to pull the head
and take it to a machine shop.  The service station lead mechanic selected a
big, long screwdriver with a bit that would wedge into the inside of the
remaining threaded section of the plug.  He then tapped the screwdriver
handle to set the bit into the small plug cylinder, unscrewed it and handed
it to me.  Sparkplugs have straight threads so have little resistance to
unscrewing after the upper part of the plug is broken off.

The boss still kept his beautiful Snap-On torque wrench locked up.  

Any theories as to what is the effect of not stripping off the spark plug
gaskets when putting new plugs in a hemi?  Other than setting the tip a
little higher in the head? Seems like it should still create an effective
seal.  And any hints on how to get the little ringers off of a new plug?

Rich Barber
Brentwood, CA
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of dan300f@xxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 5:03 AM
To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 1960 300F Special 400 HP & daytona sand query



In a message dated 1/10/2010 8:43:19 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
thelastbestgenius@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

and also  the double blown 300F special of Granatelli, which he apparently 
has never  sold, let go.
 
Hi all:
 
About 12 years ago, at a Chrysler 300 Club meet in  Sacramento, at our 
awards banquet, we had a speaker talk about the supercharged  300F Special.
I 
cannot recall his name but he was very familiar with the  history of this
car 
during the period of 6 years following the timing run at  Bonneville Salt 
Flats.
 
He said that after the said run, the blowers were  removed and the car used 
for tire testing in Northern Nevada for 6 years during  which time they put 
several hundred thousand miles on it and much of it was at  speeds over 160 
mph.  The last day they were going to use it for tire  testing, this 
person's uncle, who was the head of the testing program, told him  to change
the 
spark plugs.  During this process, he broke off one plug in  the block.  His

uncle said that testing was over so they started back to  the "barn" on 7 
plugs.  Sometime along the way, they were passed by some  young lads in an 
Olds 442.  They taunted the 300F and the speaker's uncle  said, They aren't 
going to get away with that.", and he took off after  them.  At some point
in 
time, they passed the 442.  This was dome on 7  plugs!!!  The speaker said
he 
has no idea what happened to the car after  then.
 
About 5 or so years ago, I contacted Granatelli's shop  in Camarillo, CA to 
find out where I could find a source for the Paxton blowers  used back 
then.  I talked to one of the Granatelli brothers.  During  the
conversation, I 
asked him about the car.  He said he had no idea where  the car ended up.  
So that apparently means that Andy does not still have  the car.
 
Dan Reitz
Northridge, CA
 



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