Subject: [Fot] Bent SU needles

From: Robert Johns via Fot <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 23:41:49 +0000

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s 10
I got to tell you a story about bent SU needles.  The very first sports car=
 that acquired was in Germany in 1954.  I was Air Force and one of the flyi=
ng officers got in deep trouble with the civilian governments and the air f=
orce and was what they called =93riffed=94 and sent home.  He had a 48 MG T=
C that he had taken over to Germany from the states, that got left behind, =
when he was sent home. Through a fellow sports car club member, we negotiat=
ed a deal, and I got the MG for about  $400, I think.  We towed  it to the =
hanger that I worked out of, and I started to learn something about MGs.  S=
ome where along the line I took one of the SUs apart. I took the screws out=
 of the bell and lifted the bell up.  Guess what, the piston came up also a=
nd proceeded to drop to the ground. The needle was badly bent but was not b=
roken.  So, I proceeded to do the roll trick and straightened it the best t=
hat could.  The next time I had a day off I drove  to Koln in the MG and go=
t a new set of needles from the importer. End of story.

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<p class=3D"MsoNormal">I got to tell you a story about bent SU needles.&nbs=
p; The very first sports car that acquired was in Germany in 1954.&nbsp; I =
was Air Force and one of the flying officers got in deep trouble with the c=
ivilian governments and the air force and was
 what they called =93riffed=94 and sent home.&nbsp; He had a 48 MG TC that =
he had taken over to Germany from the states, that got left behind, when he=
 was sent home. Through a fellow sports car club member, we negotiated a de=
al, and I got the MG for about &nbsp;$400, I think.&nbsp;
 We towed&nbsp; it to the hanger that I worked out of, and I started to lea=
rn something about MGs.&nbsp; Some where along the line I took one of the S=
Us apart. I took the screws out of the bell and lifted the bell up.&nbsp; G=
uess what, the piston came up also and proceeded
 to drop to the ground. The needle was badly bent but was not broken.&nbsp;=
 So, I proceeded to do the roll trick and straightened it the best that cou=
ld.&nbsp; The next time I had a day off I drove &nbsp;to Koln in the MG and=
 got a new set of needles from the importer. End
 of story. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
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