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Old 05-21-2013, 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by tbzep
Eliminate those last three words and you've got it nailed!

BTW, just so folks won't accuse me of making it up:
http://www.oldrocketforum.com/showp...347&postcount=3

As you can see, he does mention the "cryptic date code" of pre-metric motors, but it's fun to mess with folks every now and then.



Here's a shot of some of the ones I have. The code is a bit hard to read (I've juiced up the contrast on this photo to make it a bit more readable), but it is "PRU".

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