[GreenKeys] KS-7470 OIL (American Oil, NJ)

[Paul Heller]

On Apr 17, 2014, at 3:15 PM, Eric <epvgk at limpoc.com> wrote:

> On 04/17/2014 1:24 pm, David Tumey wrote:
>> Greetings List,
>> The post about the smell of the original oil caught my attention. I am
>> working towards restoring my TTYs so I can relive my childhood to some
>> degree and the distinct smell of the oil boiling away inside the
>> machine is critical to my needs at least. It was especially wonderful
>> when you lifted the hood on the ASR-33 after running a while and you
>> got a blast of it in the face.
>> So I Googled the oil part number and tracked it down to American Oil
>> out of NJ. I sent an email to the president Chuck Decker who called me
>> within about 5 minutes. After explaining the importance of obtaining
>> some more oil for the teletype community, he told me he has a guy who
>> has worked there for 40 years and said he had the original formulation
>> and would check to see if they had enough raw materials (or could
>> obtain them in less than 20,000 Gal. quantities) to mix up a batch. I
>> should know by Monday of next week.
>> In case anyone else is interested, here is his email address: Chuck
>> Decker [chuck at americanoil1895.com]...might not hurt if several of us
>> sent him an email so he could gauge the size of our market. I am
>> hoping we can convince him to proceed.
>> If necessary, I will purchase whatever he can produce then parcel it
>> out to the Greenkeys in small quantities as needed. If there is enough
>> interest, he might be able to make up smaller bottles to meet our
>> needs.
>> That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
>> --dave
>> W5DT
> 
> That's pretty great and I hope it can happen. I'm happy to participate and
> contribute to the cost of buying in bulk and parceling out to greenkeyers
> in smaller quantities. I don't want us to be a pain in the ass to Chuck
> in our eagerness :)
> 
> eric

Just curious to find out what ever happened to this idea of Dave's and Eric's

Paul