[Nobbc] [Fwd: Call for entries to the Marin Sonoma Concours d'Elegance May 17th 2009]

[Ron Engelhardt]

Norm, You might consider using the Pertronix electronic ignition that 
fits inside your original distributor. I use one on my car and would 
never want to switch back. Aside from looking original, the car runs 
smoother and better. I also switched to the Lucas Sport Coil and now 
have no (well little) cold weather start problems.

Back to the Concours, I have entered a few and done surprisingly 
(shockingly) well. I still prefer getting in the car and DRIVING it;-) 
Maybe Nobbc should have a Concous D' Unelegance someday and outlaw 
garage queens.

Ron
58 MGA

Norman Weinfeld wrote:

> Ron,
> 
> Oh yeah, I forgot about the added seat belts... And I haven't given up on the
> electronic ignition, it's just that the damn things come in at around $200 and
> it was hard enough to do that once, let alone twice in succession. Probably
> not for the New Year's Day Anti-Football drive, but hopefully by next
> season...
> 
> Norm
> 
> 
> From: gtwincams
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 10:43 AM
> To: North Bay British Car Club
> Subject: Re: [Nobbc] [Fwd: Call for entries to the Marin Sonoma Concours
> d'Elegance May 17th 2009]
> 
> 
> Ha! Yes, I'm right with you, Norm. None of our cars are original. When I
> first entered the Elan in the British car shown in Palo Alto, one of my
> fellow Lotus owners, nose firmly extended up in the air, proclaimed my
> car a hack job because it has a roll bar and does not have standard
> seatbelts. Since my wife Trish won't ride in the car or drive it without
> some sense that she will live through the experience, it's a no-brainer
> to me. Nevertheless, seeing concours-quality cars is usually a treat.
> Having said that, I actually prefer  looking at vintage race cars than
> over-restored high-end collectibles.
> Don't abandon the idea of electronic ignition - that's been the first
> conversion for all of my cars, and has been a great improvement. I had a
> VW squareback that required adjusting points at least every 3,000 miles
> - what a pain!
> Cheers,
> Greg
> 
> 
>  Norman Weinfeld wrote:
> 
>>Greg,
>>
>>No clipboard-toting authenticity sniffers for me thanks. My originality
> 
> issues
> 
>>begin with radial tires (de rigueur in my opinion), inauthentic (Mercedes
>>replicas even!) sun visors, unoriginal (to my car) dual stainless (gasp!)
>>exhausts, an electric fan, unoriginal (to my car) wire wheels (and splined
>>hubs, etc., etc.), Mark II type emergency flashers, etc., etc., etc. I even
>>tried installing an electronic ignition but it unfortunately got fried via
>>hooking it up backwards (who knew we'd been switched over to negative
> 
> ground?)
> 
>>All of which makes it big fun to drive (except for the fried ignition). It
>>would doubtless be a treat to go and have a look, but I'll burn my 50 clams
> 
> in
> 
>>my gas tank instead of enter thank you very much.
>>
>>Norm Weinfeld
>>San Francisco
>>XK140 DHC
>>
>>
>>From: gtwincams
>>Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 9:59 AM
>>To: North Bay British Car Club
>>Subject: Re: [Nobbc] [Fwd: Call for entries to the Marin Sonoma
>>Concoursd'Elegance May 17th 2009]
>>
>>
>>Hi Group,
>>Sounds very fancy, and not sure many of us have cars that would do well
>>on an originality judging such as this (except for you, Norm), but these
>>are always interesting. Tom Price is a sponsor, and most of us know
>>something of his collection...
>>How was the drive on Saturday? Looks from the photos that the Wine
>>Country group had a lot of interesting cars on their drive, which was
>>the same day.
>>Cheers,
>>Greg Tatarian
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