(How  come no one talks about how great the new cars  are?!)


Because new cars have no place on an antique phonograph site---old cars  
do!!
My MG-B which I bought in London in 1965 was a blast to drive and I could  
tune the thing.  Then I drove it across the U.S. while it was still new and  
it didn't make it past Chicago when the electric fuel pump (Lucas, of 
course)  failed.  By the time I reached Denver the valves needed work!  Not a  
great engine but when it was working, I loved it.
But more quirkey than that is my current 1965 Morgan Plus-4.  That is  more 
like an old phonograph.  Slotted wood screws hold the floor boards on  and 
to grease the front end you have to step on a button on the floor to send  
oil from the crankcase to the front end every 1500 miles.  Now that's  cool!  
No wonder there's a puddle of oil on the garage floor at all  times!  And 
the carburetors are Strombergs.  Must be related to  
Stromberg-Carlson--right?  And the steering wheel--I think it was made by  
Zonophone.
Just my opinion.---Art Heller
 
   
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