Ralph wrote:
J. Clarke wrote:
Nova wrote:
Mark & Juanita wrote:

Remember the same thing. I think "pot metal" was reference to
a
very low grade of metal casting that would neither weld, braze,
nor
glue well after it was made.


Also known as white metal. See:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot_metal

Well, that's what wiki says. I remember looking at a car once and
being told "please don't lean on that door, the hinges are white
metal". The car was a Ferrari 250GTO and the "white metal" was an
expensive aluminum alloy, not cheap zinc.

But, apparently just as good as the dinky toy made of pot "white"
metal.

The purpose of a 250 GTO was to win races, not to prop up overweight
teenagers. Every part on it was as strong and as heavy as it needed
to be and no stronger and no heavier. The hinges needed to hold up
the door. They did that.

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