Technical Bad Champion Plugs WARNING

I bought new champion plugs on Amazon. I was working on the car and figured why not. They’ll be here next morning. Never again.
Anyway…..I’ve been dialing in my flathead (timing and carbs) and wanted to drop in new plugs. Car won’t run. Won’t idle. Won’t respond to gas pedal. Pulled my hair out.
I wire brushed the old plugs checked the gaps and DANG fired right up!!!
Here’s some pictures of the bad plugs. There’s a blue ring on the plug that’s not on my good ones. And the lettering is different.

 

Do they have lot numbers engraved on the "nut" part? If not that and the fact that Champions name isn't on the ceramic would lead one to think they are counterfeit. Lots of counterfeit parts on Amazon.

 

I just went through this with some electronic bits from one of those Chinese sites, bought 4 and tested them, none worked, and did a little bit of digging and found they were fakes, and even had the real manufacturers logo on them (Motorola). I made a complaint and was refunded straight away. Funny how they refund your money quickly (without actually returning the item), it's like they expect a lot of the **** they sell to be junk/fake/not working.

 

Fake plugs.
You can tell just by the quality of the finish with them.

Got to be so careful with stuff like this now.
I used to order plugs through Ebay as you'd get some good deals but too many fakes floating around now.
Only buy through trusted, established parts suppliers now.

 

My dad bought dang near every Champion plug he could get his hands on when Kmart was closing and glommed on to well over 1000 of them. All of them are on the cardstock as lawnmower plugs but they are H10C. Then I have several hundred of the NOS Gunmetal Blued H10 plugs that are correct for the 49-51 Fords. Needless to say I’ll never buy another plug for a flathead in my lifetime

 

Just another heads up about online stuff, NEVER EVER buy anything that requires you to go through SHOPIFY, its a total scam and a major rip off. I got lucky through my bank and the credit card I use, the product was never delivered so they credited my account.
I should have gone online and checked out SHOPIFY first, they have a 89% bad reviews and they are a total scam!

 

Buying stuff off sites like you did with the dud plugs is a ****shoot, but it is what we have made it. We have byp***ed the legitimate "bricks and mortar" sellers and suppliers just to save a few dollars. Now we can deal online directly with the crooks. Doesn't work so good all the time.....