Thought you might get a kick out of this. A few months back I was contacted by a guy named Carl Smith about some 1/4-32 spark plugs. When i asked him for a shipping address so I could calculate shipping he gave me the address for Wood Brothers Racing in North Carolina. They are the oldest NASCAR racing team still around started in 1951. I sold them 8 plugs and a tap and when I emailed them that the stuff was coming I asked what the plugs are for and if they could send some pictures ( I do that to everybody ). Must have been the day the plugs arrived I got a call from Carl and he thanked me for the plugs and said there were no photos yet. They are building a one half scale static model of the 427FE engine that was in the 1966 GT40 that won Le Mans. The model was commissioned by Bill Ford who wants to put it in the Henry Ford Museum. At the time I was working 7 days but I finally got a weekend off last week so I redesigned the insulator and cap to resemble a Ford Autolite BF-22 racing plug. That is the same plug that would have been used in a 1966 427FE back in the day. Then he told me that when that project is delivered the boys in the shop were talking about building a running 427 at half scale. So today I sent off 18 of the redesigned plugs. 8 for the museum engine, 8 for the boys in the shop, and 2 spares. When they finish the project my spark plugs will be in the Henry Ford Museum.
CamBam saves the day, Again!
Standard 1/4-32 on the right, replica Autolite in the center. It's not exactly to scale but it looks much better than the standard 1/4-32
