Colourful Marginal A7 Motoring - 1954

[A G Wood]

The Editor of 'Practical Motorist', F J (Fredrick James) Camm is worth a thread on his own. Probably, the most prolific technical author in the widest of fields.

Steve

How do you reckon he'd stack up against that other prolific technical writer, the ubiquitous A W Judge?

The cylinder head is off, so he's probably grinding-in the valves; that used to be a regular pass-time which we don't seem to need today.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s valves still seem to have been made from something resembling hardened Plasticine. On a car used daily, before any competitive event, I always ground mine in - an unpleasant but essential job on a Friday evening as it always perked up the car's performance.

Yes, definitely still a thing even ordinary motorists had to have done in the late 60s/early 70s. Apprentice's job of course. REPCO's synchro seating gear made it a bit easier, but I still remember doing all 32 valves on a Cummins V8  diesel with the rubber sucker on the stick...