Milwaukee.
        My request is in two parts:
        1. Can you recommend some reputable firms which sell quality musical air horns which can play a variety of tunes? If so, please send me the names and addresses of the manufacturers.
        2. Can any of the members recommend any reputable firms? If so, would they write the manufacturer's name and address on a postcard and mail it to me:
                    Darrel A. Sourwine
                    Q17 Marina Drive
                    Newport News, VA 23602
        Thank you for your time and consideration.
                         Darrel A. Sourwine
                         Newport News, VA

Darrel,
        The horns you heard at the Milwaukee meet are listed for sale in this issue of the Roundtable. They are manufactured & imported from Spain.
        We are quite pleased with our set as we have had 2 years of trouble free service from them and they are of good quality all metal construction.

Thanks
Jim

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EXCALIBUR CORNER

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        Each quarter, we publish the "Excalibur Corner Exchange of Ideas". This column is devoted to ideas—any ideas of merit—concerning the Excalibur, care and maintenance, Mechanical or operational ideas. We welcome YOUR ideas, and will attempt to include as many of them as possible.
        We send a handsome Excalibur paper weight to each person whose idea is accepted for publication.
        This month's tip came through the courtesy of Mr. James J. Schardt. President of Dayton Wheel Production Company and is dedicated primarly to Excalibur Owners who have cars which were equipped with the Knock-off Dayton Wheel, manufactured in 1976.

Peter Cook and son Steve of Grand Rapids, Mich. proudly display their beautiful, Serial No. 1002, the 3rd. Excalibur SSK built, missing a concours trophy by a mere point.

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August 10,1977
 

TO: All Excalibur Owners with Cars Equipped With Locking Type Knock-offs.
 

        Last November your wire wheels on your Excalibur were recalled by the factory because of a possible problem involving knock-off caps with excessive machining tolerance on the threads. In order that you could keep your wire wheels we provided caps with lock pins which could improve the safety of the wire wheels.
        However, now that these locking caps have been in service for several months, we are seeing a potential problem with this design. This problem results from the fact that the new caps with the pins are no longer self tightening (wire wheel caps tighten when brakes are applied. Therefore, if the car owner does not pull the lock pin and retighten the caps frequently, it is possible that the drive teeth can wear out.
       In view of this potential problem, we are asking that you do the following immediately:
        REMOVE THE WIRE WHEELS FROM THE CAR AND CHECK THE DRIVE TEETH FOR EXCESSIVE WEAR.
If wear is only slight, this is normal and wheels can be replaced. However, continue to retighten the caps every 200 miles until it is noticed that caps do not move during attempts to. retighten. Thereafter, check tightness each 1000 miles. (Or, do not use lock pins so caps will self tighten.)
        If wear is excessive on drive teeth, it is possible the wheel cannot be tightened and will only continue to worsen. This is because the knock-off cap will not be long enough to compensate for the excessive wear and will bottom out before the wheel becomes tight. In this case, the worn parts should be returned to us for inspection and possible remachining (Hub, Cap and wheel). Do not attempt to use wheels without the lock pins if the drive teeth are worn.
Again, I must apologise for this inconvenience. Our original design has been in use for 25 years without significant problems, but in an attempt to improve safety, we have caused
increased maintenance requirements with this new locking design. I truely hope this will be the last problen concerning the
wheels.

                                                           Sincerely,
 

                                                           James J. Schardt
                                                           President