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Re: Interesting Lucas part for sale on Ebay ...

To: Pete Peters <ppeters914@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Interesting Lucas part for sale on Ebay ...
From: RWM <RWM@rwmann.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2005 13:34:31 -0400
Smoke, the final frontier...

Sorta like prompt airline baggage delivery.

- RWM


Pete Peters wrote:

>Though Mazda has attempted to faithfully copy a British sports car, they
>were unable to replicate the smoke.
>
>Pete
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>[mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Dave and Linda
>Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 7:58 PM
>To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: RE: Interesting Lucas part for sale on Ebay ...
>
>
>The Lucas three position switch, off-on-smoke.
>
>This goes on the smoke theory of electricity.  The smoke travels from the
>battery through the wires and powers the accessory sort of like pneumatics.
>When you inadvertantly let the smoke out, thre is no longer sufficient
>pressure for things to run.
>
>This is an update from the early Industrial Revolution, where coal or wood
>was burned to produce the smoke to run things, such as trains and factories.
>They were very inefficient, most of the smoke was wasted up the stack.






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