--- On Sat, 10/29/11, MICHAEL H <vwdash80@yahoo.com> wrote: > From: MICHAEL H <vwdash80@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: Spitfres and Joe Lucas > To: "James Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> > Date: Saturday, October 29, 2011, 11:46 AM > ... earlier Italian as well as many > Euro makes cars were plagued by Lucas. got them to the used > markets quicker and to the crusher more prematurely ... > > --- On Sat, 10/29/11, James Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> > wrote: > > > From: James Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> > > Subject: Re: Spitfres and Joe Lucas > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Date: Saturday, October 29, 2011, 9:19 AM > > Q: why do the British drink their > > beer warm? > > > > A: they have Lucas refrigerators. > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > On Oct 29, 2011, at 7:21 AM, Steve Sandlin <vwcarlocks@HOTMAIL.COM> > > wrote: > > > > > Ahhh...the prince of darkness. I got out of > > British cars a few years ago, though I still service > both > > Vanagons and a LOT of British locks. I have a > Vanagon > > westy that I'm still building the wiring harness on > for a > > Subie conversion. It was the victim of an electical > fire. > > You guys think the British cars are bad...get an > Italian > > car. I'm within a week of purchasing my first > Ferrari, > > and I can almost guarantee the guys in Maranello took > night > > classes in electrical design and construction from > the > > British. The welcome thing, really, though is that > a > > lot of the electrical parts are Bosch that I'm > totally > > familar with. It's going to be a fun task, though, > > sortng the lttle electrical gremlins. > > > Steve Sandlin > > > Steve's Lock Shoppe > > > > > > > |
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