[Spridgets] bon ami and TP oil filters for 1955 chev.?

[charles christ]

yes!  i have the 1955 chevrolet service bulliten that states this.   bon ami was to seat rings (also GM's factory rec. windshiend scratch remover! i posess a factory container !) in the early 265 V8.  the motor was also plagued with bad lifters wich frequently colapsed.   none of the chrvrolet line had oil filters up to 1955.  the 216 and later 235 6cyl's were offered an ooptional canister oil filter wich clamped onto the forward portion of the intake manifold using the AC P115 filter.  i have a 265 V8 AC oil filter assembly as well as one AC 235 6cyl one as well as one purolater assembly.   if memory served me right the wix assembly used the toilet paper roll.  
as for pressure oiling it was standard on the 216's and was well developed by the introduction of the 265 motor.   the 265 was chevrolet's first try with a V8 design after the illfated end of the V8 production in 1917.  chevrolet's stove bolt 6's were the standard of their power along with 4 cyls..
by 1956 the 265 V8 was well sorted. 
now onto other interesting "fixes" of the era?  how about putting rice (uncooked, dry white rice) or pouring about 1 cup of water down the carb with motor running (at varied rpm's) to decarbon an engine?  both work with varied sucess! 
another fun fact about  the era's air filters:  in the 55 chevies line the desert air filter for the 6cyl was an oil bath type but the rest of production got a wire mesh filter wich was to be washed and oiled so the oil would catch the passing dirt particles , yet the V8 recieved an oil bath filter for both the 2BL (standard motor with single exhaust) and the 4BBL (optional "power pack" with dual exhaust)versions.
did i mention i own 2 '55 chevies and owned a '56 as well (that one's gone).

chuck.
"been there ..broke that...fixed it & broke it again....."
after 35 years..still own the same darn bugeye.....