There are some old-timers at our local AutoPro shop who are very helpful. I asked one of them about gasket paper after a bit of reminiscing, chin scratching went past all the shelves of cheap junk made in China and produced a tightly curled (as Tony said) piece of thick gasket paper I've yet to find a use for. It would certainly not fit through a printer! At least those older guys knew what you were talking about.
Was Hylomar like the stuff we still have here made from some sort of resin like pine sap? Euan has a story about his father having it drip into his hair as he worked on the Jeep many years ago. The only solution was a close shave. That stuff sticks like sh1t to a blanket.
Bring back W.L. Ryan and restore Elizabeth St Melbourne to the way it was in the 1970s! In those days you not only had Ryans, but Repco (when it used to be reasonably good) Vanguards, run by a couple of ancient eccentrics, and even the Ring Gear Company which you could watch through the door as they oil hardened the gears. There's my rant. Plenty more to come in the future!
