BF32 Spark Plugs

66KGT_old · May 23, 2008 at 9:09 PM

I have never seen a non-star set of plugs sell for this silly money.

Sold for $285.69 by seller amk_products

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NOS Ford C0AZ-12405-A "Autolite" spark plugs BF-32.

Auction is for a box containing 10 pcs.

Question and answer:

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Q: Dear Mr. Kotlowski, Please verify that these sparkplugs carry the FoMoCo star emblem. Thank you, Frank Makowski Apr-28-08
A: They do not. The boxes are date coded 1-20-1968. The star is earlier probably 1960-66. I did notice that the lettering is more bold and clear than 1970-71 made plugs.

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round2K_old · May 24, 2008 at 10:14 AM

One word: ebay.

C6ZZKGT · May 25, 2008 at 9:42 PM Official Post

I know the guy that bought these plugs and I am sure that he thought that these plugs had the star. I am also sure that he is not happy.

-Fred-

66transam_old · May 26, 2008 at 1:03 AM

In the Q&A section of the auction the seller states that they don't have the star. Did the buyer not see this?

C6ZZKGT · May 27, 2008 at 10:15 AM Official Post

It would appear that he missed that Q&A. It was definitely there early on in the auction.

-Fred-

6hypo5conv_old · June 2, 2008 at 4:28 PM

Boy, I feel LUCKY!!!!!! I got a set off ebay 2 months ago for $57.00 to my door for 10-BF32 plugs WITHOUT the stars.

CharlesTurner · June 3, 2008 at 7:36 AM

Quote from 6hypo5conv

Boy, I feel LUCKY!!!!!! I got a set off ebay 2 months ago for $57.00 to my door for 10-BF32 plugs WITHOUT the stars.

Were these the AUTOLITE logo like above or the regular "Powertip" BF32? The powertip are much more common.

6hypo5conv_old · June 22, 2008 at 5:13 AM

The ones I got were just like the ones pictured above.

s2ms · June 26, 2008 at 7:30 PM

Quote from CharlesTurner

Were these the AUTOLITE logo like above or the regular "Powertip" BF32? The powertip are much more common.

Charles, any idea when the "Powertip" plugs went into production? I'm guessing the non-powertips like those in the auction may have had a narrow production window making them very desirable for the correct dates which could explain the high price.

CharlesTurner · June 27, 2008 at 7:11 AM

I don't know an exact date, maybe Fred might know? I've always been under the assumption that the power tips started sometime in '68 model year.

s2ms · June 27, 2008 at 11:20 AM

Thanks, if that's the case the non-star, non-powertip plugs might have a very narrow production window, possibly making them rarer than the star plugs. Weren't the star plugs produced into '67?

C6ZZKGT · June 27, 2008 at 12:28 PM Official Post

Thank you Charles for the confidence in thinking that I might know when the production changed on these. I really do not but I will try to research it.

-Fred-

66KGT_old · June 27, 2008 at 12:43 PM

These BF32 "Star" plugs sold for a whopping 568.06 by seller buckeyerestoration

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rr64_old · June 27, 2008 at 1:28 PM

Anybody know about the timing of the different ceramic insulators?

The apparently oldest "star" version has a small insulator with just three flash-over surpression ridges if memory serves me. The packaging looks like 1950s style but with the C0 (1960?) number prefix. The "star" version I see for sale the most has what I call the racing checker flag motif packaging. The plugs in these package have larger main ceramic insulators with more flash-over surpression ridges?

I wonder when those changes came in? 1961? 1962? 1963? 1964? Later?

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