<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2014.210" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=360031223-27031999>Hello!</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=360031223-27031999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=360031223-27031999>Can anyone tell me what type of plastic was used in the action parts from = the early 50s? I have been trying to find out if anyone knows - either a brand = name or chemical name.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=360031223-27031999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=360031223-27031999>It appears to be a form of poly-vinyl chloride, but I am having trouble = confirming this.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=360031223-27031999>Thanks for any help you can give!</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=360031223-27031999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=360031223-27031999>Don Mannino RPT</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>