Re: Oil filters

["amc74hornet" <amc74hornet@xxxx>]

--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, twa1950@xxxx wrote:
> Hey Doc. My dad and your's must have went to the same school. He was the one 
> that told me to never change brands of oil. He had a Chevy and always dealt 
> with a Gulf station that carried Uniflo or some non Gulf oil that he used to put 
> in it. The people at gulf came by and told them that couldn't carry that 
> anymore so he switch brands. The car started burning oil right after that. I think 
> he might have did a valve job on it I can't remember for sure. I do remember 
> going to a junk yard and taking an oil filter off a car and installing it on 
> the Chevy. Before you guys think I am nuts in 54 oil filters were optional 
> equipment on Chevy's. They were the old canister type where you dropped a basket 
> into them. I remember the first Saturday of every month was oil change day. In 
> my house you had the oil changed once a month no matter what. That is unless 
> you went on a trip then you change it before you left and when you came back. 
> If the trip was very long you had it changed while you were there. I guess 
> changing it that often you didn't need a filter. Thanks for the info on Fram oil 
> filters I used to use them all the time. I switched to AC's on my Gremmie a 
> long time ago not because I had any problems with the Fram but because the Blue 
> AC's matched the color of my blue distributor cap. Sorry for being so long 
> winded.
> Terry 


I remember oil filters being an option on the mid 50's Chevys. I have a friend with a 56 Stude wagon that doesent have one either. Honest Charlie & J.C. Witney used to sell aftermarket bolt on oil filters that used a roll of toilet paper as an element. Now you know I am an old fart. 
"Doc"