Some of you know I use Franz by-pass filters on my vw's and some other vehicles. They were popular in the 70's and late 60's with adapter hardware for vw engines. They do super job of filtering and use toilet paper for filters so the price is right on using them. Anyway
10 years ago I was able to purchase 5 of them from an estate of a guy who was a dealer in them. Three were opened in the box and two were sealed in the box. Anyway I opened the two remaining boxed ones yesterday and found two that I only read about before. The first was made for saltwater marine use and canbium (? sp) bronze protected. The next one was very heavy and 100% triple chrome plated. These were mostly used on flathead ford hot rods that were chrome detailed in the late 60's. Anyway this beauty will look perfect in the Puma. I don't know what the point of this post is except I am still a lucky bastard and maybe we all should check out our sealed inventory just to be sure if it is NOS. Dennis- posted
15 years ago