Up until the mid 70's (I think) Triumph (British Leyland) cars came
with a crank in the trunk. The US salesmen immediately removed them
as you could not sell a car to an American buyer and explain that the
crank 'was for starting you car on cold or wet mornings when the
electrics would not work'. You could usually find a pile of rusty
cranks somewhere behind the dealership.
Jim W.
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From: John Szalay [mailto:john.szalay@att.net]
At 07:07 AM 1/20/04 -0500, you wrote:
>"A Treatise on the Importance of Smoke" by Joseph Lucas
>
>All electrical components and wiring harnesses depend on proper
>circuit functioning, which is the transmission of charged ions by
>retention of the visible spectral manifestation known as "smoke".
>Smoke is the thing that makes electrical circuits work. Don't be
>fooled by scientists and engineers talking about excited electrons
>and the like. Smoke is the key to all things electrical.
and as one who has driven many a British car, with
Lucas electrics. ( never could keep that Lucas
fuel pump working 100%)
notice that the paper is "authored" by none other
than the "Prince of Darkness" himself.
John
MBG 62
AH 100-6 & 3000 & Bugeye
Singer
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