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Steve,
I have also always called "it" a "mayonet". The thing I have always called
the "traficator" was always the swing out directional arm which can still
be found on London cabs.
Fred
66 BJ8
On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 6:00 PM BJ8Healeys <sbyers@ec.rr.com> wrote:
> Stephen, I gave up trying to get people to quit calling the assembly a
> "trafficator". Somewhere along the line years ago, I picked up the term
> "mayonet" for the same thing but I can't find the source for that now.
> Google is no help. If you can't beat, 'em, join 'em.....
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> AHCA Delegate at Large
> Havelock, NC
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
> Stephen Hutchings
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2019 3:55 PM
> To: healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Healeys] Trafficators
>
> I've just had my Trafficators apart again because the left hand signal
> didn=E2=80=99t seem to be maintaining contact. It=E2=80=99s working well =
now, but it is a
> fiendish little device, and getting the lever back in with all the
> appropriate springs in place is not easy=E2=80=A6sort of like watch repai=
r.
>
> Anyway, I was looking at the original Lucas literature and it got me to
> wondering why we call it a =E2=80=9CTrafficator=E2=80=9D. Seems that the =
trafficators were
> the little flip-up semaphore signals made by Lucas, and usually paired wi=
th
> what they called the =E2=80=9Cself cancelling switch assembly=E2=80=9D=E2=
=80=A6which is what we
> Healey people now call a trafficator.
>
> I guess, since they were originally paired, =E2=80=9Ctrafficator=E2=80=9D=
slips off the
> tongue more easily than "self cancelling switch assembly=E2=80=9D !
>
> Hoping I don=E2=80=99t have to take that thing apart again for a long tim=
e=E2=80=A6
>
> Stephen, BJ8
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Steve,</div><div><br></div><div>I ha=
ve also always called "it" a=C2=A0<span style=3D"font:400 13.33px=
/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);tex=
t-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-decoration:none=
;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;f=
ont-stretch:100%;float:none;background-color:transparent">"mayonet&quo=
t;.=C2=A0 The thing I have always called the "traficator" was alw=
ays the swing out directional arm which can still be found on London cabs.<=
/span></div><div><span style=3D"font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sa=
ns-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-inden=
t:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:i=
nline;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;float:none=
;background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"font:40=
0 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,3=
4,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-decora=
tion:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;font-size-adju=
st:none;font-stretch:100%;float:none;background-color:transparent">Fred</sp=
an></div><div><span style=3D"font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-=
serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0=
px;letter-spacing:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inli=
ne;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;float:none;ba=
ckground-color:transparent">66 BJ8</span></div></div></div><br><div class=
=3D"gmail_quote"><div class=3D"gmail_attr" dir=3D"ltr">On Fri, Jun 28, 2019=
at 6:00 PM BJ8Healeys <<a href=3D"mailto:sbyers@ec.rr.com";>sbyers@ec.rr=
.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"mar=
gin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);b=
order-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid">Stephen, I gave up trying to =
get people to quit calling the assembly a "trafficator".=C2=A0 So=
mewhere along the line years ago, I picked up the term "mayonet" =
for the same thing but I can't find the source for that now.=C2=A0 Goog=
le is no help.=C2=A0 If you can't beat, 'em, join 'em.....<br>
<br>
Steve Byers<br>
HBJ8L/36666<br>
BJ8 Registry<br>
AHCA Delegate at Large<br>
Havelock, NC=C2=A0 <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Healeys [mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net"; tar=
get=3D"_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] On Behalf Of Stephen Hut=
chings<br>
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2019 3:55 PM<br>
To: <a href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; target=3D"_blank">healeys@aut=
ox.team.net</a><br>
Subject: [Healeys] Trafficators<br>
<br>
I've just had my Trafficators apart again because the left hand signal =
didn=E2=80=99t seem to be maintaining contact. It=E2=80=99s working well no=
w, but it is a fiendish little device, and getting the lever back in with a=
ll the appropriate springs in place is not easy=E2=80=A6sort of like watch =
repair.<br>
<br>
Anyway, I was looking at the original Lucas literature and it got me to won=
dering why we call it a =E2=80=9CTrafficator=E2=80=9D. Seems that the traff=
icators were the little flip-up semaphore signals made by Lucas, and usuall=
y paired with what they called the =E2=80=9Cself cancelling switch assembly=
=E2=80=9D=E2=80=A6which is what we Healey people now call a trafficator.<br=
>
<br>
I guess, since they were originally paired, =E2=80=9Ctrafficator=E2=80=9D s=
lips off the tongue more easily than "self cancelling switch assembly=
=E2=80=9D !<br>
<br>
Hoping I don=E2=80=99t have to take that thing apart again for a long time=
=E2=80=A6<br>
<br>
Stephen, BJ8<br>
<br>
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