Going through my stuff last night, I found lots of old used Autolite AGR 42's. That is the one that I always put in the '56 when I was running it all the time back in the 70's. At that time I actually enjoyed changing the spark plugs and ignition points in the car. I was diligent about doing it every 10,000 miles, and my car ran dependably and well because of it. I thought nothing of running it to Reno and back at the drop of a hat. Paul In a message dated 10/26/2004 5:55:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, JCantor791@xxxxxxx writes: >Paul, > >How true! ?For the mileage that most of us drive our old Imperials, platinum >plugs wouldn't pay, if they didn't cause problems. > >Part of the reason I asked the question is that for my daily driver, an '87 >Mercedes 560SEL, platinum plugs are NOT recommended at all. ?Standard, heavy >copper plugs (in that case Bosch is the preferred but Champion and Autolite make >comparable plugs) are the only thing that will work. ?I've actually stuck >with the Bosch as I can get them online for less than the others. > >Thanks again to all for the input and interesting discussion. ?Right now some >brake work and general rewiring are at the top of the list for the winter. ?A >tune-up may be in order come spring, however. > >Jeff >'56 Sedan >Trenton, NJ > > >Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 01:24:59 -0400 >From: RandalPark@xxxxxxx >Subject: Re: IML: More on Plugs for '56 >Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >I have never had problems with platinum plugs in the newer cars that I drive, >in fact I have about 80,000 miles on a set in one of my cars right now (not >recommended). > >The thing is, there is little point in spending the money for a long life >spark plug in a car that doesn't burn fuel efficiently enough to get the benefit. >The spark plugs in '50s and '60s Imperials are suppose to be changed every >10-15,000 miles. Newer cars can easily go 60,000 miles between plug sets, so >that's why I purchase the higher price plugs. > >Paul > > >----------------- ?http://www.imperialclub.com ?----------------- >This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please >reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be >shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the >Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm