04-14-2008, 07:30 PM
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Too Many Initiators is Never Enough
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 2,404
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Originally Posted by shockwaveriderz
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I don't really know how many of the Centuri Atlas E's actually made it to market(if at all) or the Hercules F25.
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Remember, that between the time Centuri absorbed Coaster in mid 1965 to 1969, during that period, Centuri was constantly improving and tweaking the original BP Coasters.
There's also NO 1970 Centuri catalog at Ninfingers, so I can only guess that somewhere in the 69-71 timeframe, Centuri quit manufacturing the older BP Min-Max and started manufacturing the newer composite Enerjets.
terry dean
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At least one of the Atlas 'E' motors made it to market as I have it in my collection. 
Centuri bought Coaster in 1963 (Source: Larry Rice interview with Menford Sutton)
Centuri discontinued the Mini-Max line in 1971 when a freak lightning storm destroyed the manufacturing plant. The 1970 Centuri catalog lists both Mini-Max and Enejet motors.
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