[Fot] Bent SU needles

[Bill Dentinger]

Lucky you!  

In a British car, with a gimpy SU.
You must go to the right church.
Bill Dentinger

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On Thursday, November 15, 2018, Robert Johns via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:

 

 

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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 flying officers got in deep trouble with the civilian governments and the air force and was what they called “riffed” and sent home.  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 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.  Some 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 and proceeded to drop to the ground. The needle was badly bent but was not broken.  So, I proceeded to do the roll trick and straightened it the best that could.  The next time I had a day off I drove  to Koln in the MG and got a new set of needles from the importer. End of story.    

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