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Re: Lucas electrics

To: TVRVixen@aol.com
Subject: Re: Lucas electrics
From: "W. Ray Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 15:31:04 -0500 (EST)
On Sun, 27 Nov 1994 TVRVixen@aol.com wrote:

> A short while ago there was a question here asking about 
> (I think I remember correctly) the pros & cons of MGA ownership. 
>  A reply to this question gave lots of info, including mention of the e
> lectrical system being a negative.
> 

(much deleted)

> I think 1960 - 1973 british cars are ideal for the person who likes to get
> their
> hands dirty and have fun.  And a big part of this is because the electrics 
> are simple and easy to figure out.
> 

When restoring my car, I joked that british cars were ideal subjects for
an amateur restoration, because they appear to have been designed and
built by amateurs originally.  In comparison with modern cars, it does
seem that way. 

   Ray Gibbons  Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
                Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
                gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu  (802) 656-8910





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