So tell the rest of us poor sods how to get hold of these fine folks...
Mike Maclean wrote:
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> I sent a fax to Belgium on the evening of the 18th about 8 pm and I
> just received a package from Anglo Parts by UPS Express this morning at
> 10 am! I just sent for a few small parts for my Bugeye that are not
> available from the usual suspects. A new vacuum line with flame trap
> and all the hardware was $30.00 US. I bought a few other small items
> just to test the service. They deliver!
> Was at the local foreign parts dealer here in San Bernardino that
> has been selling LBC parts for over 30 years to buy some bullet
> connectors for the re-wiring job I'm doing the Bugeye right now. While
> I was there she mentioned that she found some old points that would fit
> my distributor while looking for something else for another customer.
> Seems these points have been on the shelf since 1992 and that's the
> price she sold them to me for. These are supposed to be high
> performance points with a heavier spring to keep the points from
> "floating" at high rpms. Their application was for Mini-Cooper ro
> other 1275 type A-Series high performance engine. Well, I've got a 948,
> hardly applies to my engine, but I just had to have them when I saw the
> Lucas box and wrapping paper inside. Oh Boy!
> NOS parts! (Not trying to start the NOS thread again.) Anyone heard of
> these points before? They come apart and have to be assembled in the
> distributor.
> Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
> P.S.: If anyone feels they need these points, she has one more set.
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