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

[tony korman]

Electronic ignition was put in my TR6 soon after I got it.  HUGE difference. 
It fits inside the distributor like Ron states and the car runs great.  That
plus the tune up/valve adjustment that Ron Larson did on the car months ago. 
Any TR6 owners out there that have replaced the rear level shocks with spring
and tube shocks.  Curious how you like it.
Tony 
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From: Ron Engelhardt <nobbc at sonic.net>
To:
North Bay British Car Club <nobbc at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November
19, 2008 11:29:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Nobbc] [Fwd: Call for entries to the Marin
Sonoma Concours d'Elegance May 17th 2009]

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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