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#336535 - 04/23/05 11:31 AM
Lee oil filters?
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Registered: 05/07/04
Posts: 166
Loc: Chicagoland illinois
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I was looking at champion labs site and i noticed that they do not have lee filters listed anymore just champ and kleener.
Does anyone know what happened to lee?
Did champion labs sell lee filters?
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#336536 - 04/23/05 12:04 PM
Re: Lee oil filters?
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Registered: 10/08/04
Posts: 391
Loc: Richmond, VA
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Now that you mention it, I haven't seen Lee filters since Trak Auto went out of business about 5 years ago. IIRC, they carried the Lee Maxi line of oil filters. As I recall, they were pretty good filters too.
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#336537 - 04/23/05 05:45 PM
Re: Lee oil filters?
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Registered: 10/28/04
Posts: 1454
Loc: Texas
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Champ puchased Lee filters in the 70's(??). Moved their equipment to Illinois.
They have discontinued the Lee line to sell the more popular STP. Champ has always made STP.
Champ, Warner, STP and Luberfiner are the only "brands" Champ markets themselves. Everything else is private label.
Luberfiner is a more a heavy duty filter brand and is marketed worldwide. It competes with Baldwin, Donaldson, and Fleetguard.
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#336538 - 04/23/05 08:19 PM
Re: Lee oil filters?
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Registered: 01/20/03
Posts: 18449
Loc: East of IGO
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What I liked about Lee filters "not knowing anything at the time " was Lee filters had a filtered bypass . I don't know how it worked but I thought it was a good idea . Also, I remember STP oil filters had some kind of yarn wrapped around the enement according to the picture on the box.
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#336539 - 04/23/05 11:24 PM
Re: Lee oil filters?
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Registered: 03/14/03
Posts: 8711
Loc: Nothern USA
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I think I used Lees mostly on my 71 Valiant until I traded it on an 81 Phoenix. PITA, on the 318 the filter was lengthwise above the torsion bar.
I think I ran mostly AC's or Purolators on the Phoenix, but may have abused it with Fram. Can I blame Fram for the sludge problem?
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#336540 - 04/24/05 03:12 AM
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Registered: 01/16/03
Posts: 4478
Loc: Southern California
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#336542 - 04/26/05 01:17 AM
Re: Lee oil filters?
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Registered: 12/13/03
Posts: 71
Loc: South Carolina
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Lee is indeed a name from the past. Does anyone remember the marketing jingle "Lee 2-stage oil filters"?
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#336543 - 04/26/05 01:40 AM
Re: Lee oil filters?
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Registered: 09/25/02
Posts: 2513
Loc: Richmond, VA
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quote:
Originally posted by davidfarming:
Lee is indeed a name from the past. Does anyone remember the marketing jingle "Lee 2-stage oil filters"?
"Lee 2 stage maxifilter" was the only filter I ever had leak at the seal. Had a 1980 Datsun at the time. ![[Cheers!]](graemlins/cheers.gif)
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#336544 - 04/26/05 02:58 AM
Re: Lee oil filters?
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Registered: 10/28/04
Posts: 1454
Loc: Texas
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Anyone remember Jackie Stewart as Lee's tv spokesman? When I did the marketing for Champ I had the tv tapes.. ![[Razz]](images/icons/tongue.gif)
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#336545 - 04/27/05 11:14 AM
Re: Lee oil filters?
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Registered: 05/07/04
Posts: 166
Loc: Chicagoland illinois
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I remember buying lee maxi oil filters from trak auto a few years ago i have not seen Lee filters anywhere else since then.
It was just last year that i saw there 3 brands on champ labs site Lee,Champ and Kleener.
So they dumped lee filters to the junk graveyard huh!
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#336546 - 04/27/05 06:07 PM
Re: Lee oil filters?
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Registered: 09/28/02
Posts: 39806
Loc: Pottstown, PA
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Aye rembah Ju-aky-ah Stoooo-aht ![[Big Grin]](images/icons/grin.gif) (From Last of the Moahicans) "Ah Clarah! Whyah-ryah he-ah?"
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