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Re: Early 3000 distrib caps

To: Editorgary@aol.com
Subject: Re: Early 3000 distrib caps
From: Patton Dickson <57healey@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 14:10:19 -0600
Great news!  Hopefully all of us who are have the early 6 cyl cars can
make this worthwhile for him.

Patton

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:07:15 EST, Editorgary@aol.com <Editorgary@aol.com> wrote:
> Last year there was an exchange on the list regarding the lack of replacement
> distributor caps for the early 3000s. (I'm sure someone can supply the
> correct designation for that distrib.)
> In any case, I was talking to Kip Lankenau of Kip Motor Company
> (www.kipmotor.com) in Texas, the major source of parts for many orphaned 
>British cars (e.g.
> Hillman Minx, Vauxhall Victor) yesterday. Kip has launched a project to
> reproduce the entire range of Lucas distributor caps. He's done the 
>four-cylinder
> version for T-series MGs, and expects to have back in stock reproduction Lucas
> caps for the early six-cylinder cars within a few weeks. They won't be cheap
> (probably between $75 and $100) -- the tooling was expensive and he's going 
>for
> top quality in materials and manufacturing -- but they will be concours-spec
> caps, complete with molded Lucas letters on them.
> No financial interest -- just happy that I will be able to get a spare dizzy
> cap for my Healey before doing any long-distance travel.
> Cheers
> Gary
-- 
Patton Dickson - Richmond, TX
'57 A-H 100-Six - http://Austin-Healeys.com




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