Some old parts I picked up last weekend

[Fritter]

Here is an old EMPI oil pump/filter, an old Swedish Empi ammeter, and some aluminum rockers I think are DDS, but not sure.

Any insight on the aluminum rockers would be appreciated!

Thanks.

[Fastbrit]

I have a set of those rockers! I bought them at Pomona for about $2 and then showed them to Bill Taylor one time. He identified them as being made by... Taylor! BUT, the company was nothing to do with Bill, the name was just a coincidence. If you look through some ads in old Hot VWs you'll see them.

EDIT – see below. Made by Thomas Automotive Products of LA

[Fritter]

Keith, any idear what year of Hot VW's I should look at?

Dave Mayes has a pic of a set on his site also, so he has some.

Weird....

[Ole]

About ten years ago a friend of mine bought a set of rockers like these at a german swap meet. They said the rockers came from a formula vee.

[Zach Gomulka]

Ive got a set of those rockers, too. Ive heard they were 1.15:1 ratio, made and designed to replace the 1:1 rockers found on a 40hp motor. My guess is that would date them as 1965 or earlier

[Fritter]

Thanks for the input guys!  I also believe they may be 40hp.  And the formula V thing may make sense, because of lightness and the aluminum would not be stressed by almost stock spring pressures.  But I thought Formula V had to use stock parts?  Maybe different classes have different rules....

I don't know if these AL rockers would hold up well with Chevy type valve springs.......

They look cool sitting on my shelf though!

Any more info is appreciated.....

[Fastbrit]

They were made by Thomas Automotive Products, 8816 Sth Crocker Street, Los Angeles. Were available in 1964 for $67.50 – claimed to be 'mag' but I doubt it.

[Zach Gomulka]

Is that the same Thomas that sold the "Thomas Tomahawk" valve covers??

[Fritter]

Wow, cool, thanks for posting that Keith!  These rockers are older than I thought they were.

They really look like aluminium and not magnesium to me.  I guess I could try lighting one on fire and see what happens.  Just kidding.

Talk about obscure.......

 

[Fastbrit]

My pleasure! Forgot to say, the story appeared in Foreign Car Guide.

Note the head shown is a 36-horse – my rockers are like yours, for the 40-horse.

What cracks me up is that the photo only shows seven pushrods...

[Fritter]

Running 7 pushrods in your hot 36er was the thing to do in '62.   

[stealth67vw]

Running 7 pushrods in your hot 36er was the thing to do in '62.   

You noticed that too? Obviously.