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Rumblings, April 2007
Plans for the centenary of Brooklands Track in June are proceeding. On Saturday June 16 cars from before1920 will parade, and on the next day there is to be a…
AN ALL-METAL FLEXIBLE TUBING.
THE matter of fuel and oil piping is always of interest to sports car owners, as the hammering of a fast car over indifferent surfaces is liable to have a detrimental effect on ordinary copper pipe.
A new example of flexible tubing is the ‘rite-flex, which is the only flexible line of all-metal construction. The construction is shown in the accompanying photograph of a sectioned piece. The absence of any gut,
rubber,or fabric, makes it reliable and extremely durable for use with any fuel, however powerful or unusual in composition.
Tite-flex is manufactured by the Gabriel Manufacturing Co., Ltd., of Columbia Avenue, Burnt Oak, Edgware, Middlesex.