Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] moving parts: Lecia and Ferrari
From: ARTHURWG@aol.com
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 20:27:12 EDT
 
The old story (was it myth?) was that Ferraris  were assembled with melted 
lamb fat in the cylinders -- to make a proper carbon coating on start-up. As 
I remember, Leicas were also assembled with melted lamb fat-- right? Arthur