... understandable - the Brits were still in war time depression ten years after ... --- 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, 1:53 PM > Well, you can rest assured that his > reply was in the realm of opinion, and not fact. An > old-school German mechanic in town, who was brought here to > service Dr Von Braun's cars, uses to tell me when I came by > his shop looking for British stuff that "it was all made > with hate" > > Jim > > > > On Oct 29, 2011, at 10:37 AM, Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> > wrote: > > > I sometimes think that it's a matter of opinion on > this subject of Lucas > > electrics, at least from the past. About a year > ago, on a photography list > > that I'm on, somehow the same subject came up. I > made a comment about > > needing a 'Lucas Smoke Injector' and got back a blast > from one member about > > how great Lucas electrics (and British cars in > general) were and especially > > compared to the horrible Bosch electrical > components. And I hadn't > > mentioned Bosch, he threw that in on his own. > |
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