Was not the name of his company Orbit camshafts? I ran one of his cams
back in the 60's. Doug Odom in sunny big ditch
DaCudaKid@aol.com wrote:
>
> Ok, a lot of people on here grew up or hung out in L.A. years ago so perhaps
> someone will be able to answer this, I've been meaning to ask this for almost
> a year. On San Pedro and 102nd Street, there was a guy who used to make cams
> by the name of Owen R. Brown (Owen's Camshaft Service). Had the big grey two
> story building with tin doors. Does anyone know what happened to him? I
> hadn't talked to him in about 3 or 4 years (at that time) and went by to see
> what he was up to. The building is now bright yellow and turned into a
> hardware store.
>
> P.S.: Oh yeah, Dick, back in '82, Owen offered me TWO complete 392's (yes,
> the carbs were still on them) AND a magnesium Bower's straight rotor 8-71 for
> $1,000, no I didn't buy them and yes, I'm still kicking myself
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