MMM Listers,
Anyone to help us all, and the destitute in Tasmania?
Brian Kelly
In a message dated 07/29/2004 6:30:05 PM Central Daylight Time,
rfeibusch1@earthlink.net writes:
> Can Anyone help this fellow from the Brit Car List??
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rick Feibusch
> Venice Beach, CA
> --------------------------------
>
> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 10:58:09 +1000
> From: Barry Riseley <barry-riseley@trump.net.au>
> Subject: LUCAS DISTRIBUTOR SPRINGS
>
> I have noticed some sort of a murmur from this list over the last couple of
> days and have gone through the process of making certain that I am still
> subscribed.
>
> I am what might be described as a "Lucasophile" ( amongst many ruder
> alternatives)
>
> I "play" with Lucas Distributors and a have a graphing machine and a
> collection of Lucas Catalogues and Manuals, which, although by no means
> complete do provide a good source of reference for both parts
> interchangeability and test parameters.
>
> One of the biggest difficulties in rebuilding .distributors is getting the
> necessary parts, and, of these, advance springs are by far the most
> difficult
>
> IS THERE ANYONE IN THIS GREAT CIRCLE OF BOUNDLESS KNOWLEDGE WHO HAS A
> SOURCE OF ADVANCE SPRINGS?.
>
> IS THERE ANYONE, SIMILARLY POSITIONED, WHO MIGHT HAVE ACCESS TO PRE WAR
> ADVANCE CURVE DETAILS FOR BRITISH CARS?
>
>
> I am going to try and put the basic info I have on to a CD so that it can
> be shared, but it would be great if I could go the whole hog and include
> pre war cars on it.
>
> Maybe there is someone out there who has access to old Lucas "supersession
> lists" which enable part number changes to be traced, as they might unlock
> some further specs for me.
>
> I emphasise that I am not a trader or anything else other than a hobbyist
> with an interest in the much maligned Lucas systems.
>
> I might add that I have tried to have some springs made but that exercise
> ended up as a total (and expensive) disaster so I am looking at other
> alternatives.
>
> Any help, advice, sympathy, would be appreciated
>
> Best regards,
>
> Barry Riseley
> Tasmania
>
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