Last year there was an exchange on the list regarding the lack of replacement
distributor caps for the early 3000s. (I'm sure someone can supply the
correct designation for that distrib.)
In any case, I was talking to Kip Lankenau of Kip Motor Company
(www.kipmotor.com) in Texas, the major source of parts for many orphaned
British cars (e.g.
Hillman Minx, Vauxhall Victor) yesterday. Kip has launched a project to
reproduce the entire range of Lucas distributor caps. He's done the
four-cylinder
version for T-series MGs, and expects to have back in stock reproduction Lucas
caps for the early six-cylinder cars within a few weeks. They won't be cheap
(probably between $75 and $100) -- the tooling was expensive and he's going for
top quality in materials and manufacturing -- but they will be concours-spec
caps, complete with molded Lucas letters on them.
No financial interest -- just happy that I will be able to get a spare dizzy
cap for my Healey before doing any long-distance travel.
Cheers
Gary
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