On Oct 5, 2010, at 10:22 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: "P. J. Alling" >> On 10/5/2010 7:01 PM, John Francis wrote: >>> > On Tue, Oct 05, 2010 at 01:49:18PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: >>>> >> On Oct 5, 2010, at 1:43 PM, John Sessoms wrote: >>>>> >>> Well ... not a real car. >>>>> >>> >>>>> >>> I'd get my MG running again, but that's not really for transportation. >>>> >> I need to get my MGBGT back on the road too. And being a BGT, it >>>> >> actually makes pretty decent transportation. >>> > That's a matter of opinion ... >>> > >>> > I grew up with MGBs. They were perhaps a little better than the Ford >>> > Escort >>> > beloved by the boy racers of the next generation, but only a little >>> > better. >>> > Still, at least they were better than the Triumph Spitfire or MG Midget. >>> > >>> > In those days I drove a Triumph Vitesse convertible; lighter than an MGB, >>> > with a two-litre straight 6 engine (the MGB GT had an 1800cc 4-banger). >>> > >>> > A friend of mine had an MGC. Now *that* was a nice bit of machinery. >> Too bad it didn't have nice electrics to go with it. > > 'cause Lucas also makes refrigerators ... yada, yada yada!
Yeah, I know... Off, dim and flicker. yeah, I know. Interestingly, the least reliable electrics I ever had was my 1st gen Rx7, which went through several alternators a year. I found that mopar alternators on MGBs were even less reliable than Lucas. And even at their worst, at least Lucas electrics aren't Marelli. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
