Fearless Fosdick was a detective in Lil' Abners favorite comic.
George Richardson
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1957 Triumph TR3
1961 Jaguar Mark 2
1975 Triumph TR6
1997 Land Rover Discovery
On 7/14/2015 8:27 PM, terryrs@comcast.net wrote:
> I'm hoping some of you may remember Fearless Fostick, because I don't. I do
> seem to recall he was some sort of villain. If so, then it's appropriate to
> compare him to...Lucas.
>
> Had wires hanging below my dash when I drove off at lunchtime. Parked.
> Pushed them up behind the dash so I wouldn't entangle my fingers when I
> shifted. Mistake. Drove away and got 50 feet when the electric fuel pump
> quit. 20 minutes to re-wire it to the coil and all went fine back to work
> and to home.
>
> In my garage, I checked the fuel pump, good. Pulled the dash and began
> troubleshooting. Weird, then the headlights stopped working. Read voltage
> and headlight switch showed power in, but nothing out. Connections were
> solid. Jumpered the posts and headlights worked. Headlight switch was bad.
> Yeesh!
>
> Panel lights still didn't work. Checked the fuse with an ohm meter. Good.
> But dash panel lights didn't work. Tried resetting the fuse in its holder.
> Nothing. Changed the fuse anyway. Now the dash panel lights worked fine.
> Yeesh! To be fair, the fuse wasn't a Lucas. But it was in a Lucas holder,
> so I'm going to blame them anyway. Hey, they're easy prey.
>
> Shipswright disease. Had the panel out and switches accessible, had to
> replace the headlight switch anyway, so took youse all advice, and sourced
> some original used switches from my good friend Mike Bonaducci in Vermont,
> despite his state is upside down on the map. His number, in case anyone
> needs used parts, is 802-439-5815. NFI, but I do vouch for him.
>
> Installed the new used switches tonight. For the first time in 13 years, I
> have original bakelite knobs that go over the little spring loaded
> doo-hickies and the names on the knobs--no, I mean it!--actually match their
> function: headlights instead of panel lights, for instance. Hey, this is a
> daily driver that I'll never impress with at Concourse, but will amaze 12
> year old boys on bicycles who yell happily at me every day.
>
> Everything works like it should.
>
> So why did they call him Fearless...Fostick? And why is there a guy selling
> frozen beaver tails on Craigslist in New Hampshire?
>
> Nice to be thinking of something else....
>
> Terry Smith, '59 TR3A TS 58667
> New Hampshire
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