Hey Gary,
Since you have the ear of Kip Lankenau and he's willing spend BIG bucks
to reman "top quality" (distributator) caps, convince him he should also
look into
the same for (distributator) ROTORS.
I believe there was a much larger exchange on reliable rotors than
(distributator) caps.
Kirk Kvam
----- Original Message -----
From: <Editorgary@aol.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:07 AM
Subject: Early 3000 distrib caps
> 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
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