[Healeys] Fw: Re: Lucas Distributor-Part 2b

[J. Scott Morris]

And Part 2b

--Scott Morris; Simcoe, Ontario, Canada - Keep Smiling, Murphy Lives

--- On Sat, 8/25/12, J. Scott Morris <jstmorris at yahoo.com> wrote:
 
Part 2b
Supersession
While a component was being supplied to a manufacturer it was usually cheap to
make. However the cost of supporting it after no manufacturer used it was not.
There could be too many minor component variations to make this cost
effective. Lucas would make a universal component that was designed to replace
many of the different variations of the model they had produced. This
universal component superseded - replaced - them. In some cases the universal
component incorporated many of the same parts that the originals did. 
Supersession also occurred when a component proved troublesome. It could be
replaced by manufacturing changes or new parts.
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I hope this answers your question Greg.  If it is a Healey Hundred you are
interested in, you can access the  Austin Equipment & Spare Parts catalogue
for 1955 at Larry Varley's website here:
http://www.acmefluid.com.au/larry/lucasaustin55.pdf   But be aware, it is
almost 39MB.
--Scott Morris; Simcoe, Ontario, Canada - Keep Smiling, Murphy Lives
--- On Fri, 8/24/12, Greg Hill <go2ghill at aol.com> wrote: << Saw the Lucas
Distributor reference chart. Could you review what the numbers mean and how to
use them? >>