[E-Type] Perhaps the most important upgrade of all!

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Hi everyone,

I’ve just made perhaps the most important improvement in my
car since I bought it. This valuation is relative to my
having already replaced blown head gaskets, oozing
suspension bushings and frozen brake pistons.

To wax poetic: modern rubbers, kevlar reinforced belts and
stainless spokes are wonderful things. Modern synthetic
oils and high temperature brake fluid enable a long and
enthusiastic life on the road. Green Stuff and Petronix can
enable you to drive your car to it’s limits. Handmade
steering wheels and gear shift handles add to the car’s
already enormous beauty.

To be more practical: having fun in an older car requires
that are confident that you’ll be able to deal with almost
any situation. That you have Whitworth as well as English
wrenches…in both wrenches and sockets…and in every size
needed (because channellocks and vise-grips are a sign of
weakness). That you have the tools and information needed
to diagnose and fix electrical problems as well as
mechanical ones. That you can deal with almost any
challenge that nature, or a Jaguar in it’s 5th decade, can
throw at you, in mid-summer, on the loneliest road in America.

Yet…something was missing. Sometimes a challenge would
arise that would limit my ability to enjoy and experience my
travels to their fullest. What could it be? I thought long
and hard. I considered, consulted and conducted parametric
trade studies. Finally I had it!!!

Yes it is true: I’ve finally added a good cork puller and a
churchkey to my tool kit.

Now my (car’s) restoration is complete. The angst is gone.

Namaste,

Larry–
Larry Wade 62 OTS, La Canada, California USA
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Larry,

What is a churchkey ???

Jos Raven
1969 2+2
Holland

At 07:48 18-8-2008 +0200, you wrote:>Hi everyone,

I’ve just made perhaps the most important improvement in my
car since I bought it.

Finally I had it!!!

Yes it is true: I’ve finally added a good cork puller and a
churchkey to my tool kit.

Now my (car’s) restoration is complete. The angst is gone.

Namaste,

Larry

–
Larry Wade 62 OTS, La Canada, California USA

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In reply to a message from Jos Raven sent Mon 18 Aug 2008:

I just asked Dorothy Jos and she didn’t know, but when you put it
in context with corkscrew I guess we’re talking about one of those
metal bottle openers shaped like a big key.

It was a great post, and thankfully we are all old enough and wise
enough to know our limits when mixing driving with the contents of
corked and capped bottles… Some jurisdictions have a zero limit
but I wouldn’t go that far.

Of course, you used to be able to get sodas in metal capped bottles
too. Are they still around? And my favourite beers of all are the
Belgian ones that come with champagne-type closures, so no
corkscrew or churchkey required.

!POP!

Cheers, mine’s a Morte Subite please.–
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What is a churchkey ???

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Churchkey or Church key can refer to various kinds of bottle openers or can openers.

It initially referred to a simple hand-operated device for prying the cap (called a “crown cork”) off a glass bottle; this kind of closure was invented in 1898. The shape and design of some of these openers did resemble a large simple key. Certain tin cans, notably sardine cans and meat containers, also used an attached “key” to open them. The first of these was patented in Canada in 1900.

Corned beef and sardine can openers are called keys.In 1935, beer in cans with flat tops was marketed, and a device to puncture the lids was needed. The same ironic term, “church key”, came to be used for this new invention: made from a single piece of pressed metal, with a pointed end used for piercing cans � devised by D.F. Sampson for the American Can Company, who depicted operating instructions on the cans themselves, and typically gave away free “Quick and Easy” openers with their newfangled beer cans.

There is sparse, and often contradictory, documentation as to the origin of the term “Church Key”, though most agree the phrase is a sarcastic euphemism, as the opener was obviously designed to access beer, and not churches.

One explanation for the term “Church Key” lends its origin an almost mythic significance; in Medieval Europe, monks and nobility were the only brewers. Lagering cellars in the monasteries were locked, as the monks guarded the secrets to their craft. The monks carried keys to these lagering cellars on their cinch, or belt. It may have been this key from which the “Church Key” opener got its name.

Another motive for assigning the device such an ironic name could have been the fact beer was first canned (for test marketing) in 1933 � the same year Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Cullen-Harrison Bill. This act, which predated Repeal of Prohibition, amended the Volstead Act, making 3.2 beer legal. Some experts have posited the term “church key” was a way to “stick it to” the religious organizations who had effected Prohibition in the first place.

Although the original definition of “Church Key” referred to a simple bottle opener that resembled the non-business end of an old fashioned key, most are now flat with a piercing end and a bottle opener at the other end, with no particular resemblance to a key.

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In reply to a message from Jos Raven sent Mon 18 Aug 2008:

I’ve always used that term for a combination bottle cap remover and
beer can opener. Prior to pull tab aluminum cans, beer (and soft
drinks) came in sealed steel cans that required an opener.

For picture see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchkey--
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Homage is paid to the church key in a song by the Revels aptly titled
“Church Key.” That song was in turn “lifted” by the Trashmen (Of Surfin’
Bird fame) and retitled “Bad News.” Not content with that, they stole it
from themselves and recorded it as “Bird Bath.” Bird Bath contains a
killer guitar solo which is very true to the Minneapolis sound of the
early to mid '60s.

Dave
'73 2+2-----Original Message-----
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To: e-type@jag-lovers.org
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Churchkey or Church key can refer to various kinds of bottle openers or
can openers.

It initially referred to a simple hand-operated device for prying the
cap (called a “crown cork”) off a glass bottle; this kind of closure was
invented in 1898. The shape and design of some of these openers did
resemble a large simple key. Certain tin cans, notably sardine cans and
meat containers, also used an attached “key” to open them. The first of
these was patented in Canada in 1900.

Corned beef and sardine can openers are called keys.In 1935, beer in
cans with flat tops was marketed, and a device to puncture the lids was
needed. The same ironic term, “church key”, came to be used for this new
invention: made from a single piece of pressed metal, with a pointed end
used for piercing cans - devised by D.F. Sampson for the American Can
Company, who depicted operating instructions on the cans themselves, and
typically gave away free “Quick and Easy” openers with their newfangled
beer cans.

There is sparse, and often contradictory, documentation as to the origin
of the term “Church Key”, though most agree the phrase is a sarcastic
euphemism, as the opener was obviously designed to access beer, and not
churches.

One explanation for the term “Church Key” lends its origin an almost
mythic significance; in Medieval Europe, monks and nobility were the
only brewers. Lagering cellars in the monasteries were locked, as the
monks guarded the secrets to their craft. The monks carried keys to
these lagering cellars on their cinch, or belt. It may have been this
key from which the “Church Key” opener got its name.

Another motive for assigning the device such an ironic name could have
been the fact beer was first canned (for test marketing) in 1933 - the
same year Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Cullen-Harrison Bill.
This act, which predated Repeal of Prohibition, amended the Volstead
Act, making 3.2 beer legal. Some experts have posited the term “church
key” was a way to “stick it to” the religious organizations who had
effected Prohibition in the first place.

Although the original definition of “Church Key” referred to a simple
bottle opener that resembled the non-business end of an old fashioned
key, most are now flat with a piercing end and a bottle opener at the
other end, with no particular resemblance to a key.

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Ah, yes,
one does not find those here in Holland.

Crown cork opener, yes we have them albeit in different form

http://www.twenga.nl/dir-Wonen,Alcoholaccessoires,Flesopener

Must find one of those for in the toolbox.

Jos Raven
1969 2+2
Holland

At 15:12 18-8-2008 +0200, you wrote:>In reply to a message from Jos Raven sent Mon 18 Aug 2008:

I’ve always used that term for a combination bottle cap remover and
beer can opener. Prior to pull tab aluminum cans, beer (and soft
drinks) came in sealed steel cans that required an opener.

For picture see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchkey

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What is a churchkey ???

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Eureka!!! Well done,
That’s what’s been missing in mine!
Cheers,
LynnOn Aug 17, 2008, at 11:48 PM, Larry Wade wrote:

Now my (car’s) restoration is complete. The angst is gone.

Namaste,

Larry

Lynn G
73fhc 4zs
68ots 3su
Boise, ID USA

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In reply to a message from Jos Raven sent Mon 18 Aug 2008:

The classy ones come with a magnet glued on the back so you can
just stick it to the side of the toolbox. :slight_smile:

Automotive content: Come to think of it they were also useful for
opening cans of motor oil (yes, at one time motor oil cam in steel
cans), top cylinder oil, and other sealed steel cans.–
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Must find one of those for in the toolbox.

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What is a churchkey ???

Both a beer can openener AND the title of a 1960 minor hit by “The Revels”:

http://chuck.forest.net/jag/ChurchKey.mp3

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arlington, wa, usa
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Yes, back in those days you used to have to PAY for one that fancy. And I used the same one for the oil cans.
LLoyd–
He tried to impress her. He was courteous and surprised her. But he knew the relationship was doomed when she tasted his home made asparagus-beet soup and made the same noise as a cat with a fur ball.

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In reply to a message from Jos Raven sent Mon 18 Aug 2008:

The classy ones come with a magnet glued on the back so you can
just stick it to the side of the toolbox. :slight_smile:

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In reply to a message from Jos Raven sent Mon 18 Aug 2008:

Want an antique Coors one? You’ll be the onliest dude in Holland
with one!
Send me your snail mail addy offlist, and I’ll send you one!

:):)–
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one does not find those here in Holland.
Crown cork opener, yes we have them albeit in different form
Must find one of those for in the toolbox.

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Keenesburg, CO, United States
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In reply to a message from Larry Wade sent Mon 18 Aug 2008:

Hi Larry, The frirst time I heard the term church key was in
the movie fron the 60’s, Bye Bye Birdie with Dick Van Dyke and
Paul Lynd, if I remember. The cool Elvis dude had a church
key. I wondered what it meant for a while.
Dave Reina–
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Yes it is true: I’ve finally added a good cork puller and a
churchkey to my tool kit.

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In reply to a message from Jos Raven sent Mon 18 Aug 2008:

Jos

If I didn’t have a ‘‘church key’’ handy, I would have
difficulty getting my Heineken into me!

Abner

No twist-off tradition.–
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Crown cork opener, yes we have them albeit in different form
http://www.twenga.nl/dir-Wonen,Alcoholaccessoires,Flesopener
Must find one of those for in the toolbox.

–
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Abner,
I don’t drink Heineken, too weak for me.

We have a local brewery, Brand’s beer, alas part of the Heineken group now.
When you can’t beat them, etc.

I also like the Belgian beer Stella , dark brown

Jos

At 12:16 19-8-2008 +0200, you wrote:>In reply to a message from Jos Raven sent Mon 18 Aug 2008:

Jos

If I didn’t have a ‘‘church key’’ handy, I would have
difficulty getting my Heineken into me!

Abner

No twist-off tradition.

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Crown cork opener, yes we have them albeit in different form
http://www.twenga.nl/dir-Wonen,Alcoholaccessoires,Flesopener
Must find one of those for in the toolbox.

–
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