Date:         Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:17:02 -0700
Reply-To:     MICHAEL H <vwdash80@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         MICHAEL H <vwdash80@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Fw: Re: Spitfres and Joe Lucas
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--- 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         
> >                
> >              
> >
>