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Ampico 'A' Re-Roll vs. Ampico System Off-On
By Douglas Heckrotte

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Ampico Aficianados, I wrote to this list back on 25 May and have
seen no responses. I am 'hoist by my own petard' [*] and y'all were
too polite to say so!

I have now read Arthur Riblitz's passage on the Ampico for about the
43rd time and my re-roll disabling question is indeed covered -- and
the uprights and grands would normally do it. It's interesting that
my 1920 'early A' Ampico doesn't do it.

I don't yet know about the neighbor's 1920 'A'; the other published
manuals and tubing plans don't show it.

Doug Heckrotte - 1920 6'-4" Knabe w/early A
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
dheckrotte@gmail.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]

[ * The bomb-maker is blown off the ground by his own bomb!
[ Ref. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoist_with_his_own_petard 
[ -- Robbie


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