Originally posted by Doc Nickel
-You can pretty much guarantee that if you see a photo of the original-style Spacemag, in anything other than that one old photo (with the "silencer" and the "laser sight" on top) that it's one of my clones.
Dan found out from the original maker that the first one got sold off and probably thrown away many years ago. Pretty much only the one picture survives. We'll never see the original again.
-No, it's not. "Angel" threading has been around as long as the Angel, which came out in 1996.
Impulses were originally press-fit necks; actually not quite press fit, but closely fitted with the same type of "glue" they used to use to attach All-American barrel fronts and backs together.
That was a poor method, and SP eventually switched to threaded. By this time, aftermarket feed necks were available for the Angel, so SP went with "Angel" thhreads...
Except they apparently forgot the Angel was metric- M21x0.75 for the feed neck threads. There's an American thread that's close- something like 13/16th-32, as I recall, which is very close, but smaller (thinner sidewalls.) With loose tolerances or some wear, Angel feed necks could be threaded into "Impulse" threaded bodies (the centerfeed shoebox Shockers had the same thread) but usually not vice-versa.
SP may have done it deliberately too- something like Angel threads, without actually being Angel threads. If so, it's a poor choice since the tube walls are thinner and the threads somewhat weaker. (Not that the Angel threads are all that sturdy to start with.)
But the point remains- what are now seen as "Ion" threads started out as Shocker and Impulse threads, and date back to around 2000. It's also possible whoever converted the body (I doubt it's stock WGP) couldn't find a metric Angel tap, and used the somewhat easier to find US-spec thread tap. I know I used it for a while 'til I could find the right one- and even then it had to be custom-ground.
Doc.
Dan found out from the original maker that the first one got sold off and probably thrown away many years ago. Pretty much only the one picture survives. We'll never see the original again.
-No, it's not. "Angel" threading has been around as long as the Angel, which came out in 1996.
Impulses were originally press-fit necks; actually not quite press fit, but closely fitted with the same type of "glue" they used to use to attach All-American barrel fronts and backs together.
That was a poor method, and SP eventually switched to threaded. By this time, aftermarket feed necks were available for the Angel, so SP went with "Angel" thhreads...
Except they apparently forgot the Angel was metric- M21x0.75 for the feed neck threads. There's an American thread that's close- something like 13/16th-32, as I recall, which is very close, but smaller (thinner sidewalls.) With loose tolerances or some wear, Angel feed necks could be threaded into "Impulse" threaded bodies (the centerfeed shoebox Shockers had the same thread) but usually not vice-versa.
SP may have done it deliberately too- something like Angel threads, without actually being Angel threads. If so, it's a poor choice since the tube walls are thinner and the threads somewhat weaker. (Not that the Angel threads are all that sturdy to start with.)
But the point remains- what are now seen as "Ion" threads started out as Shocker and Impulse threads, and date back to around 2000. It's also possible whoever converted the body (I doubt it's stock WGP) couldn't find a metric Angel tap, and used the somewhat easier to find US-spec thread tap. I know I used it for a while 'til I could find the right one- and even then it had to be custom-ground.
Doc.
and how many did you make ?
what did you sell them for
Turn off traction control and you're looking out the side windows... 'Rotary car' is a quote from Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear:
You, sir, are the man. That wouldn't happen to be a new GTO in the back ground, would it? If it is, and it's yours, you, sir, are THE man. 
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