Ever see one of these?

[OLDTINDEALER]

Spark plug air compressor ?!?! Found in an old garage.

 

[jesselashcraft]

Spark plug air compressor ?

Is that a tire pump?

 

[OLDTINDEALER]

It's a champion spark plug in a special case. Sleeve allows air from engine compression to go to side pipe, which I believe would have a hose attached to fill tires up. So yes I guess it is a tire pump.

 

[tinman080]

They were fairly common in the mid to late 50's in North Texas.....I was just a nipper but I remember my uncle raising the hood on his old international truck and airing up tires.

 

[jesselashcraft]

So yes I guess it is a tire pump.

That is slick.

So I suppose you'd have to take it off when not in use, yes? Or is there a plug for the hose fitting so you could just leave it on the car?

 

[C26Pinelake]

I bought. One at Hershey two years ago. Paid $50 dollars and both buyer and seller were happy. Wayne

 

[t42]

How do you keep the fuel mixture from entering your tire?
Just curious.

 

[Royce P]

You don't. There is no fire or flame inside the tire. No problem!

How do you keep the fuel mixture from entering your tire?
Just curious.

 

[Royce P]

By the way, it is not a spark plug that would fit a Model T.

Spark plug air compressor ?!?! Found in an old garage.

 

[OLDTINDEALER]

Thanks for the info. I saw the plug would not fit a T, but figured this forum would have the best, most knowledgeable participants to answer the question.

 

[dumb person]

The fuel would make your tires perish from the inside as it slowly ate the rubber.

 

[Layden B]

dp is correct. More expensive units screw in in place of the spark plug and have a piston that is actuated by the combustion chamber mixture to pump fresh air.

 

[t42]

I agree with Layden and dp. The unit that I had years ago was similar to this one, but did not have any fuel mixture injected into the tire. It was like a small piston that used outside air. And yes, Royce, I figured it would be kind of tough to have a flame inside the tire, dah.

 

[ed thibodeau]

they were sold by sears as a craftsman product in the mid sixties with different adapters for most of the sparkplug sizes. I have one I carry in my A and I used one of the adapters that you can buy to put 14 mm plugs in your A. Ed.

 

[Steve Jelf]

My dad had one that he used to blow up air mattresses when we went camping. I don't know where he got it, but my guess would be Sears. That was the Wal-Mart of the forties.