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Date:         Sat, 29 Oct 2011 12:53:24 -0500
Reply-To:     James Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         James Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Spitfres and Joe Lucas
Comments: To: Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
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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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