Wed Jun 01, 2016 10:20 pm
Jim and George,
I see the Nemrod resemblance in the second stage, and have one which has the second stage like these. I suppose that Nemrod may have had some made by Healthways (or whoever made Healthways) for sale in the US. There would most likely be an import duty savings with that versus bringing in their products made in Spain.
John,
Thanks for the brand and date ID from the HW catalog. I was not familiar with that particular first stage, but the second stage is unmistakable. I'm guessing from the looks that it is a balanced first stage design... maybe even ripped off from the USD Calypso of 1970 and later.
Karl,
I get the hint, and if I ever decide to trim them from my little wanna-be home museum we can talk about that. Feel free to remind me of your interest every now and then so i won' forget. Sometimes I don't remember that I have a compromised memory.
What is still a bit of a puzzle to me is how the rep, who was probably born in early 70's, and certainly never represented HW, ended up with these in his kit. I'll make another effort to reach him and report it here if I learn anything interesting.
The older I get the better I was.