actually, one of the inventors of the modern spark plug was ALBERT champion. a bicycle shopowner in boston from sevres france. it was albert's vision that porcelain insulators could replace stacked mica leaves. his backers were a protestant irish family by the name of stranahan.

albert was a lover of the good life. good friend of louis chevrolet. as a bon viveur, he was not relished by the bluenose, gangsterish stranahans. they eventually stole the business from him after they moved the business to toledo, ohio.

whereupon he was financed by the visionary william crapo durant. and albert started over again in the loft over the buick works in flint. originally named the champion ignition company, the stranahan's sued over this use of albert's last name. they won. that is how the champion ignition company became A[lbert] C[hampion]. after the failure of durant, and the formation of the general motors corp by alfred sloan, the duponts, and morgan's bank, AC became the AC spark plug division of the general motors corporation.

and initials are sort of interesting. perhaps you know of the brit spark plug brand known as KLG. the initials stand for the guy who invented the idea of heat range. described by the brits as hard vs soft. described in this country as hot versus cold. and more accurately should be described as fast versus slow.

K[enelm] L[ee] G[uinness].

albert champion shares an honor with ransom olds. he has an automotive product named for him. CHAMPION. and he has a product named for his intitials, AC.

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