In reply to a message from Jim @ Brenda VanAlstyne sent Thu 9 Aug 2007:
Missed this thread earlier. But I indeed DO have my Growler - which
is a jug used to collect beer from the local brewer - common in the
1800’s and rarely found anymore. I actually have (on many
occasions) carried my growler in the eType up to the local
microbrewery to bring back my weekend supply of best bitter. The
trick is getting it filled before leaving the brewery and tucking
it away behind the seats in the shade (it wont stand up in the
boot) and then racing home. Go too slow - it’ll spoil in the
california heat. Go too fast, and the local police will not only
give you a speeding ticket but will also ask ‘‘What is that in the
big brown jug, sir?’’–
The original message included these comments:
Also…anyone here still have their ‘growler?’’ (500 meaningless
bonus, completely-useless points awarded to the person who IDs what
a ‘growler’ was for!)
Sadly, I got rid of it…um, last century…;(
–
TomP (62 OTS, 66 2+2, 49 MGTC, 31 MG-M, 99 Z3)
El Dorado Hills (Sac), CA, United States
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If it’s what I used to use as an electrician, a “growler” is an electric
device that you sit a motor rotor in and it turns the coils of the rotor
into the secondary of a crude transformer. You could then check it for open
coils with a meter and for shorted coils with a hacksaw blade! If a coil was
shorted, it would turn it into an electromagnet.
Paul, you can e-mail my 500 points if that’s OK! If that’s not what you
were talking about, then disregard the previous message!
I’ve got about 1900 miles on the Jag now (OBJ)!
Jim VanAlstyne
63 OTS
In reply to a message from Ray Livingston sent Wed 8 Aug 2007:
Actually, Ray you can: it’d been so darn long since I did it I had
to google for it, but here ya go!
Also…anyone here still have their ‘growler?’’ (500 meaningless
bonus, completely-useless points awarded to the person who IDs what
a ‘growler’ was for!)
Sadly, I got rid of it…um, last century…;(
In reply to a message from Jim @ Brenda VanAlstyne sent Thu 9 Aug 2007:
Yep,
It’s an armature field tester. But I forget, if you had one bad
field winding it wouldn’t ‘‘growl’’, right?
D
Good vanity plate for somebody’s hot E type: ‘‘GROWLER’’–
1969 BRG OTS
Skaneateles, NY, United States
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In reply to a message from David Ahlers sent Fri 10 Aug 2007:
A growler is what you do in the bathroom behind CLOSED doors!–
Brad
huntington valley, PA, United States
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